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Re: $argc variable
Eli Zaretskii wrote:
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 12:33:00 +0000
From: Andrew STUBBS <andrew.stubbs@st.com>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>, gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com
How about the attached for NEWS?
Fine, but please use two blanks after a period that ends a sentence
+to use $argc to determine now many arguments have been passed. See the
^^^ here
I have commited the code to the 6.4 branch and the NEWS to both branches.
The actual NEWS patch, with the modification above, is attached.
Thanks
Andrew Stubbs
2005-11-16 Andrew Stubbs <andrew.stubbs@st.com>
* NEWS (6.4): Mention $argc.
Index: src/gdb/NEWS
===================================================================
--- src.orig/gdb/NEWS 2005-11-15 12:09:47.000000000 +0000
+++ src/gdb/NEWS 2005-11-16 12:30:19.000000000 +0000
@@ -70,6 +70,12 @@ behavior.
GDB now supports the not-quite-ieee VAX F and D floating point formats.
+* User-defined command support
+
+In addition to using $arg0..$arg9 for argument passing, it is now possible
+to use $argc to determine now many arguments have been passed. See the
+section on user-defined commands in the user manual for more information.
+
*** Changes in GDB 6.3:
* New command line option