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Subject: String handling in GDB command language variables
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From: "Fyles, Matthew" <matthew.fyles@superh.com>
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Just a quick question about the string handling capability of the GDB
command language.

set $test=3D"mystring" does not work but defining a procedure and passing
a string in as an argument does, is there any further documentation
anywhere about the capabilities of the language other than the
information available in the user documentation.

Is this a feature that has been considered in the past and not
implemented or am I just not understanding the syntax for achieving
this.