Re: $argc variable

[Andrew STUBBS <andrew.stubbs@st.com>]

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Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>>Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 12:33:00 +0000
>>From: Andrew STUBBS <andrew.stubbs@st.com>
>>Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>, gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com
>>
>>How about the attached for NEWS?
> 
> 
> Fine, but please use two blanks after a period that ends a sentence
> 
> 
>>+to use $argc to determine now many arguments have been passed. See the
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>                                                                 ^^^ here
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I have commited the code to the 6.4 branch and the NEWS to both branches.

The actual NEWS patch, with the modification above, is attached.

Thanks

Andrew Stubbs

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2005-11-16  Andrew Stubbs  <andrew.stubbs@st.com>

	* NEWS (6.4): Mention $argc.

Index: src/gdb/NEWS
===================================================================
--- src.orig/gdb/NEWS	2005-11-15 12:09:47.000000000 +0000
+++ src/gdb/NEWS	2005-11-16 12:30:19.000000000 +0000
@@ -70,6 +70,12 @@ behavior.
 
 GDB now supports the not-quite-ieee VAX F and D floating point formats.
 
+* User-defined command support
+
+In addition to using $arg0..$arg9 for argument passing, it is now possible
+to use $argc to determine now many arguments have been passed.  See the
+section on user-defined commands in the user manual for more information.
+
 *** Changes in GDB 6.3:
 
 * New command line option