Re: MI: type prefixes for values

Daniel Jacobowitz
2006-02-20T20:57:45Z

On Mon, Feb 20, 2006 at 10:55:44PM +0200, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > From: Vladimir Prus <ghost@cs.msu.su>
> > Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 10:23:04 +0300
> > Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>,
> > gdb@sources.redhat.com
> >
> > To make an even more specific question, I propose to:
> >
> > - Remove type prefix from output of -data-evaluate-expression and
> > -var-evaluat-expression
> >
> > - Add 'type' field to the output of -data-evaluate-expression
> >
> >
> > Is this OK with everyone?
>
> I think a better suggestion surfaced in this discussion: don't try to
> parse the output of -data-evaluate-expression, and use -var-create
> instead. Is that good enough? If not, why not?

Yes; I think (and Jim's experience seems to confirm) that
-var-evaluate-expression is sufficiently cheap that if you need
more than a simple string output, you should use it.

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Daniel Jacobowitz
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