Re: Variables created with -var-create going out of scope unexpectedly?

[Vladimir Prus <vladimir@codesourcery.com>]

On Thursday 20 November 2008 17:32:21 Srinath Avadhanula wrote:
> Hi Volodya,
> 
> On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 8:59 AM, Vladimir Prus
> <vladimir@codesourcery.com> wrote:
> >> first time the breakpoint is hit and then do "-var-update 1 *" each
> >> subsequent time the break-point is hit, I only see 'in_scope="true"'
> >> the two times when foo() is reached with exactly the same stack. Is
> >> this expected? Is there an equivalent of gdb's "display" command for
> >> GDB/MI?
> >
> > GDB/MI documentation in CVS HEAD describes this.
> >
> 
> Thanks for the info! Sorry for my ignorance, but I cannot seem to
> figure out how to get the CVS HEAD of the GDB/MI documentation. Could
> you please point me to it? I tried downloading a few things from the
> GDB web-site, but couldn't figure out the latest version...
> 
> Also, if
> 
> http://sourceware.org/gdb/onlinedocs/gdb_25.html#SEC413
> 
> is the latest version, it doesn't seem to make any special mention of
> -var-create with respect to going out of scope...

In general, you can get CVS HEAD sources using instructions at:

	http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/current/

But I've just realized the patch is not actually checked in yet. Please see:

	http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gdb.patches/44757

for a doc patch -- search for "floating" varobjs.

- Volodya