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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
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In-reply-to: <20080309161335.GA26917@caradoc.them.org> (message from Daniel 	Jacobowitz on Sun, 9 Mar 2008 12:13:35 -0400)
Subject: Re: [RFC] Strings and arrays without malloc
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> Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2008 12:13:35 -0400
> From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org>
> 
> Index: doc/gdb.texinfo
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo,v
> retrieving revision 1.472
> diff -u -p -r1.472 gdb.texinfo
> --- doc/gdb.texinfo	3 Mar 2008 13:24:12 -0000	1.472
> +++ doc/gdb.texinfo	9 Mar 2008 15:47:34 -0000
> @@ -5567,8 +5567,10 @@ you compiled your program to include thi
>  @cindex arrays in expressions
>  @value{GDBN} supports array constants in expressions input by
>  the user.  The syntax is @{@var{element}, @var{element}@dots{}@}.  For example,
> -you can use the command @code{print @{1, 2, 3@}} to build up an array in
> -memory that is @code{malloc}ed in the target program.
> +you can use the command @code{print @{1, 2, 3@}} to create an array
> +of three integers.  If you pass an array to a function or assign it
> +to a program variable, @value{GDBN} copies the array to memory that
> +is @code{malloc}ed in the target program.
>  
>  Because C is so widespread, most of the expressions shown in examples in
>  this manual are in C.  @xref{Languages, , Using @value{GDBN} with Different

This part is approved.  Thanks.