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From: Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
To: Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
Subject: Re: [doc patch] whatis vs. ptype - the difference
References: <20110712183130.GA15349@host1.jankratochvil.net>
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 20:30:00 -0000
In-Reply-To: <20110712183130.GA15349@host1.jankratochvil.net> (Jan	Kratochvil's message of "Tue, 12 Jul 2011 20:31:30 +0200")
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>>>>> "Jan" == Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com> writes:

Jan> another possibility is to fix it - that `ptype var' strips the
Jan> typedefs looks wrong.  But GDB people are used how it works.

I think it is handy to have both options available.  And, compatibility
usually wins.  So I'd rather not change it.

However, we could also give ptype and whatis options, to let the user
choose another way.

Tom