Re: RFA: "maint print type" should print all the flag bits

Jim Blandy
2001-12-11T18:55:21Z

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@is.elta.co.il> writes:
> > They're only meant for use by GDB developers.
>
> How do you expect the GDB developers to discover their existence if
> they aren't documented? Even if they do discover their existence, how
> would a developer who never used a particular command know what it
> does? The built-in doc strings are terse and don't explain much. For
> example, suppose i use "maint print type" and see it print
> TYPE_FLAG_TARGET_STUB--how do I figure out what that means? (If you
> think that GDB's sources explain that clearly, think again ;-)
>
> I think every command should be documented in the manual.

Well, you're right, of course. There's no good reason *not* to
document them, other than laziness.