Re: add set cp-abi command

Eli Zaretskii
2002-04-10T05:33:01Z

On Tue, 9 Apr 2002, Jim Ingham wrote:

> I got distracted from this for a little while... Here is a final
> version with something in the texi file as well.

Thanks. Some comments about the doco patch:

> + @kindex set cp-abi
> + @item set cp-abi
> + @itemx set cp-abi auto
> + Set the C++ ABI that gdb will use to decode C++ objects. The default is "auto"
> + which means gdb will assume the gnu-v2 ABI unless it sees symbols that
> + look like the gnu-v3 ABI, in which case it will switch to the gnu-v3 ABI. With
> + no arguments, list the available C++ ABIs.

Please explain in a few words what "ABI" means; I don't think Joe Random
C++ User will necessarily know that. A list of possible values one can
use (in addition to "auto") is also something the manual should have.

(Btw, I think that the built-in documentation of the "set abi" command
could also use a word of explanation of the term "ABI".)

Please change "auto" to ``auto'' (this looks much prettier in the printed
version, and is translated into "auto" in the Info output), and please
use C@t{++} instead of C++ (also for aesthetic reasons).

Finally, we use `@value{GDBN}' instead of just `gdb' throughout the
manual (evidently to allow custom versions of manuals for GDB that is
named differently).