Re: [PATCH:MI] Return a subset of a variable object's children

Nick Roberts
2008-05-01T23:38:10Z

> > I don't know :-) I think that myArray@10 is gdb CLI trick; I never though
> > it could be used in MI, but thinking of it, I cannot see a reason why not.
>
> Yes, it can, and it's documented - just not in the MI chapter. The
> bit on the end of -var-create is just a GDB source language
> expression, so refer to Artificial Arrays in the manual.
>
> If this is the same as slicing, then it'd be nice to mention the
> word "slice" in that chapter somewhere :-)

This is not the same as what I am proposing though. Doing

-var-create - * myArray@10

and

-var-create - * (myArray + 100)@20

say would create two separate varobjs which the frontend would have to
juggle. I am proposing one varobj to be a parent of all the children.

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