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Re: RFA: fix PR python/11792
>>>>> "Eli" == Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>> The current language is a gdb setting. It is independent of objects in
>> the inferior.
Eli> That's a misunderstanding, then: I didn't mean (and didn't say)
Eli> "current language".
Ok.
Eli> So I understand now that this feature will work only while debugging a
Eli> C++ program that includes RTTI for the object in question. Otherwise,
Eli> it will just return the type of the value as in "ptype foo", is that
Eli> right?
That is reasonably accurate.
Eli> If so, maybe just mention this fact, since someone who debugs
Eli> a non-C++ program will not necessarily understand what is meant by
Eli> "the static type".
I still think the text is reasonably clear, but if you want to change
it, that is fine by me.
Tom