From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 32297 invoked by alias); 21 Feb 2006 19:01:17 -0000 Received: (qmail 32286 invoked by uid 22791); 21 Feb 2006 19:01:16 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from xproxy.gmail.com (HELO xproxy.gmail.com) (66.249.82.196) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Tue, 21 Feb 2006 19:01:13 +0000 Received: by xproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id t13so905178wxc for ; Tue, 21 Feb 2006 11:01:11 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.70.75.1 with SMTP id x1mr5303694wxa; Tue, 21 Feb 2006 11:01:11 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.70.125.17 with HTTP; Tue, 21 Feb 2006 11:01:11 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <8f2776cb0602211101u6917eb7bx9caa0bc7a7ecee41@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 19:21:00 -0000 From: "Jim Blandy" To: "Gaius Mulley" Subject: Re: Enhanced language support for Modula-2 Cc: gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com In-Reply-To: <87lkw5qaa9.fsf@j228-gm.comp.glam.ac.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: <87vevg9puv.fsf@j228-gm.comp.glam.ac.uk> <8f2776cb0602151619w5fd8f043u3e7227e27f3567a9@mail.gmail.com> <20060220150513.GB14155@nevyn.them.org> <8f2776cb0602201322o3791841dv2916e53181e9f308@mail.gmail.com> <87lkw5qaa9.fsf@j228-gm.comp.glam.ac.uk> X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2006-02/txt/msg00398.txt.bz2 On 21 Feb 2006 10:24:46 +0000, Gaius Mulley wrote: > +Currently @value{GDBN} can print the following data types in Modula-2 > +syntax: array types, record types, set types, pointer types, > +procedure types, enumerated types, subrange types and base types. > +Values of these types may also be printed. So for example, if the > +following section of code were compiled, This is Eli's call, but it's general practice in GNU documentation to go ahead and use "you" in preference to the passive voice. I don't have a reference for this rule, I just have memories of Stallman correcting this in my own writing. So the text above could be: So for example, if you compile the following section of code: > +@value{GDBN} could be requested to interrogate the type and value of > +@code{r} and @code{s}. Similarly: you could request @value{GDBN} to interrogate the type and value of ... > +the user can query the type of @code{s} via: "you can query..." > +Note that at present @value{GDBN} does not support interactive > +manipulation of set expressions. However the debugger does understand > +the declaration of Modula-2 arrays. For example in this code fragment > +the declaration of @code{s} is described. "For example, this code fragment describes the declaration of @code{s}:" > +and this information is now seen by @value{GDBN} "and @value{GDBN} now sees this information" and so on.