Re: How to implement an abbreviated view of a class type

Eli Zaretskii via Gdb
2023-05-24T18:27:28Z

> Date: Wed, 24 May 2023 18:07:06 +0000
> From: Mary Ma via Gdb <gdb@sourceware.org>
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> However, the challenge I'm facing is that the command line interface displays all the information of a class type at once including inheritance, properties, subclasses. This makes the output overwhelming for developers, especially when encountering cyclic structures.
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> For instance, it's possible that Type A points to Type B and vice versa, creating a cyclic relationship that makes the view look messy.
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> I am wondering if there are ways to present an abbreviated view of a type and allow developers to have further control over the amount of detail in the output, depending on what developers want to see.

Did you try using the 'explore' command?

There are also several settings for the 'print' command, all of them
starting with "set print type".