From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 27268 invoked by alias); 16 May 2006 22:14:32 -0000 Received: (qmail 27230 invoked by uid 22791); 16 May 2006 22:14:32 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from jess.glam.ac.uk (HELO jess.glam.ac.uk) (193.63.147.97) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Tue, 16 May 2006 22:14:29 +0000 Received: from mailserv1.isd.glam.ac.uk ([192.168.244.1]) by jess.glam.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1) id 1Fg7eZ-0005ni-00; Tue, 16 May 2006 23:04:31 +0100 Received: from floppsie ([193.63.148.84]) by MAILSERV1.isd.glam.ac.uk with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Tue, 16 May 2006 23:14:24 +0100 Received: from gaius by floppsie with local (Exim 4.61) (envelope-from ) id 1Fg7ZH-0001Cy-Aq; Tue, 16 May 2006 22:59:03 +0100 To: Joel Brobecker Cc: gdb@sources.redhat.com Subject: Re: Entry for Modula-2 changes in NEWS? References: <20060516203644.GD27234@adacore.com> From: Gaius Mulley Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 22:39:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: <20060516203644.GD27234@adacore.com> Message-ID: <87sln9r5qw.fsf@glam.ac.uk> User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2006-05/txt/msg00248.txt.bz2 Joel Brobecker writes: > Hello, > > Should we add an entry for the Modula-2 changes. The subject says > that support for Modula-2 has been enhanced, so it seems worth > detailing this a bit more in the NEWS file. Opinions? Hi Joel, feel free to use these words (or modify them in any way) if you decide that detail is warranted.. regards, Gaius diff -r1.187 NEWS 57a58,66 > * Improved Modula-2 language support > > GDB can now print most types in the Modula-2 syntax. This includes: > basic types, set types, record types, enumerated types, range types, > pointer types and ARRAY types. Procedure var parameters are > correctly > printed and hexadecimal addresses and character constants are also > written in the Modula-2 syntax. Best results can be obtained by > using GNU Modula-2 together with the -gdwarf-2 command line option. >