From: Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
To: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
Subject: RFA: update `print' docs
Date: Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:30:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3tysuvcyb.fsf@fleche.redhat.com> (raw)
Ben Woodard, a user here at Red Hat, noticed that pretty-printing was
not very explicitly described in the `Examining Data' part of the
manual.
This patch attempts to fix this a little, and also updates some text
which was misleading -- it was based on an earlier version of the
pretty-printing patch.
Ok?
Tom
2010-03-05 Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
* gdb.texinfo (Data): Link to pretty-printing.
(Output Formats): Likewise. Correct text.
Index: gdb.texinfo
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo,v
retrieving revision 1.676
diff -u -r1.676 gdb.texinfo
--- gdb.texinfo 1 Mar 2010 17:19:22 -0000 1.676
+++ gdb.texinfo 5 Mar 2010 18:22:36 -0000
@@ -6661,7 +6661,8 @@
command (abbreviated @code{p}), or its synonym @code{inspect}. It
evaluates and prints the value of an expression of the language your
program is written in (@pxref{Languages, ,Using @value{GDBN} with
-Different Languages}).
+Different Languages}). It may also print the expression using a
+Python-based pretty-printer (@pxref{Pretty Printing}).
@table @code
@item print @var{expr}
@@ -7159,8 +7160,10 @@
@item r
@cindex raw printing
Print using the @samp{raw} formatting. By default, @value{GDBN} will
-use a type-specific pretty-printer. The @samp{r} format bypasses any
-pretty-printer which might exist for the value's type.
+use a Python-based pretty-printer, if one is available (@pxref{Pretty
+Printing}). This typically results in a higher-level display of the
+value's contents. The @samp{r} format bypasses any Python
+pretty-printer which might exist.
@end table
For example, to print the program counter in hex (@pxref{Registers}), type
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