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* value.c (show_convenience): Tweak comment.

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(_initialize_values): Mention convenience functions in the help text
	for "show convenience".

	doc/
	* gdb.texinfo (Convenience Vars): Update text for "show convenience"
	to include functions.

	testsuite/
	* gdb.base/default.exp: Update expected output of "show convenience".
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Doug Evans
2012-08-13 14:31:00 +00:00
parent 35d0a16941
commit f47f77df4e
6 changed files with 55 additions and 17 deletions
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@@ -2255,11 +2255,17 @@ show_convenience (char *ignore, int from_tty)
printf_filtered (("\n"));
}
if (!varseen)
printf_unfiltered (_("No debugger convenience variables now defined.\n"
"Convenience variables have "
"names starting with \"$\";\n"
"use \"set\" as in \"set "
"$foo = 5\" to define them.\n"));
{
/* This text does not mention convenience functions on purpose.
The user can't create them except via Python, and if Python support
is installed this message will never be printed ($_streq will
exist). */
printf_unfiltered (_("No debugger convenience variables now defined.\n"
"Convenience variables have "
"names starting with \"$\";\n"
"use \"set\" as in \"set "
"$foo = 5\" to define them.\n"));
}
}
/* Extract a value as a C number (either long or double).
@@ -3363,14 +3369,18 @@ void
_initialize_values (void)
{
add_cmd ("convenience", no_class, show_convenience, _("\
Debugger convenience (\"$foo\") variables.\n\
These variables are created when you assign them values;\n\
thus, \"print $foo=1\" gives \"$foo\" the value 1. Values may be any type.\n\
Debugger convenience (\"$foo\") variables and functions.\n\
Convenience variables are created when you assign them values;\n\
thus, \"set $foo=1\" gives \"$foo\" the value 1. Values may be any type.\n\
\n\
A few convenience variables are given values automatically:\n\
\"$_\"holds the last address examined with \"x\" or \"info lines\",\n\
\"$__\" holds the contents of the last address examined with \"x\"."),
&showlist);
\"$__\" holds the contents of the last address examined with \"x\"."
#ifdef HAVE_PYTHON
"\n\n\
Convenience functions are defined via the Python API."
#endif
), &showlist);
add_cmd ("values", no_set_class, show_values, _("\
Elements of value history around item number IDX (or last ten)."),