Re: [RFC]: remove inconsistency in printcmd.c: print_scalar_formatted

Kevin Buettner
2004-01-19T23:27:49Z

On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 18:18:53 -0500
Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@mvista.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 19, 2004 at 05:57:04PM -0500, Andrew Cagney wrote:
> > >Ping. Could we continue discussing this topic and come to some form of
> > >resolution? The new additional ia64 test failures are annoying.
> >
> > I thought there was basic agreement with your change (It sux less then
> > the current behavior :-). Yes, change it. That way, behavior such as:
> > (gdb) print/x 1.0
> > will at least be more consistent.
>
> Yeah, I agree, and re-reading Kevin's message I don't think he objects.

Right, no objection from me, but...

> How do you all feel about a more sweeping change instead:
> (gdb) set $doublevar = 2.0
> (gdb) print doublevar
> $1 = 2.0
> (gdb) print (int) doublevar
> $1 = 2
> (gdb) print/x (int) doublevar
> $1 = 2
> (gdb) print/x doublevar
> $1 = 0xc000000000000000

...I like this better.

Kevin