Re: PR11067 patch

[Chris Moller <cmoller@redhat.com>]

On 02/08/10 16:54, Tom Tromey wrote:
>>>>>> "Chris" == Chris Moller<cmoller@redhat.com>  writes:
>>>>>>              
>
> Chris>  The attached patch fixes bug 11067 "p<enum constant>  should print the
> Chris>  constant's value" by providing a means of setting a format string to
> Chris>  be used in printing enums.  The string is set with
>
> Chris>     set enum-fmt<string>
>
> I would rather not introduce a new option for this, particularly a
> formatting option.  We don't have this sort of thing elsewhere in gdb --
> we just pick a printing format or two.
>
> I re-read the thread on the archer list.  I propose having it print
> like:
>
> $2 = ENUMERATOR = (enum tag) 23
>
> However, i would suppress the extra stuff in structs and when printing
> in summary mode.
>    

Okay.  I'll have to figure out how to determine if I'm in structs (or, I 
suppose, unions, arrays, and any other high-data-volume circumstance 
that might occur.

cm

> Tom
>