From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 21674 invoked by alias); 19 May 2006 02:33:12 -0000 Received: (qmail 21665 invoked by uid 22791); 19 May 2006 02:33:10 -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; Fri, 19 May 2006 02:31:55 +0000 Received: from mailserv1.isd.glam.ac.uk ([192.168.244.1]) by jess.glam.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1) id 1Fguco-0001TE-00; Fri, 19 May 2006 03:21:58 +0100 Received: from floppsie ([193.63.148.84]) by MAILSERV1.isd.glam.ac.uk with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Fri, 19 May 2006 03:31:52 +0100 Received: from gaius by floppsie with local (Exim 4.61) (envelope-from ) id 1FguXA-00081O-Ei; Fri, 19 May 2006 03:16:08 +0100 To: Joel Brobecker Cc: gdb@sources.redhat.com Subject: Re: Entry for Modula-2 changes in NEWS? References: <20060516203644.GD27234@adacore.com> <87sln9r5qw.fsf@glam.ac.uk> <20060517154255.GF12531@adacore.com> From: Gaius Mulley Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 02:54:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: <20060517154255.GF12531@adacore.com> Message-ID: <87zmhe3gk7.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 X-IsSubscribed: yes 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/msg00297.txt.bz2 Joel Brobecker writes: > Hi Gaius, > > > feel free to use these words (or modify them in any way) if you > > decide that detail is warranted.. > > I am happy to submit these changes for approval, but I think it would > make more sense if you did it. What do you think? Once approved, I can > port the change to the branch as well, if you prefer. It's not > difficult, but you need to check out the branch, which takes a bit of > time. I already have done it on my side. all done now, > > > > * 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. > ^^^^^^^^^ -gdwarf2 or -gdwarf-2 > ('-' or no '-'?) yes with the '-2' regards, Gaius