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A small formal regression fix: On Tue, 26 Jul 2011 23:30:21 +0200, Jan Kratochvil wrote: Hi, just noticed the original user confusion came from the GDB help; not from the GDB manual. So that it may be a bit pointed out there. Wording review welcomed. Thanks, Jan gdb/ 2011-07-27 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com> * typeprint.c (_initialize_typeprint): Extend the help of "whatis" and "ptype" by their typedefs difference. gdb/testsuite/ 2011-07-27 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com> * gdb.base/help.exp (help whatis): Update the expected string. --- a/gdb/typeprint.c +++ b/gdb/typeprint.c @@ -316,8 +316,10 @@ _initialize_typeprint (void) Print definition of type TYPE.\n\ Argument may be a type name defined by typedef, or \"struct STRUCT-TAG\"\n\ or \"class CLASS-NAME\" or \"union UNION-TAG\" or \"enum ENUM-TAG\".\n\ -The selected stack frame's lexical context is used to look up the name.")); +The selected stack frame's lexical context is used to look up the name.\n\ +Contrary to \"whatis\", \"ptype\" always unrolls any typedefs.")); add_com ("whatis", class_vars, whatis_command, - _("Print data type of expression EXP.")); + _("Print data type of expression EXP.\n\ +Only one level of typedefs is unrolled. See also \"ptype\".")); } --- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/help.exp +++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/help.exp @@ -685,7 +685,7 @@ test_class_help "user-defined" { # test help watch gdb_test "help watch" "Set a watchpoint for an expression\.\[\r\n\]+Usage: watch .-l.-location. EXPRESSION\[\r\n\]+A watchpoint stops execution of your program whenever the value of\[\r\n\]+an expression changes\.\[\r\n\]+If -l or -location is given, this evaluates EXPRESSION and watches\[\r\n\]+the memory to which it refers\." "help watch" # test help whatis -gdb_test "help whatis" "Print data type of expression EXP\." "help whatis" +gdb_test "help whatis" "Print data type of expression EXP\.\r\nOnly one level .*" "help whatis" # test help where gdb_test "help where" "Print backtrace of all stack frames, or innermost COUNT frames\.\[\r\n\]+With a negative argument, print outermost -COUNT frames\.\[\r\n\]+Use of the 'full' qualifier also prints the values of the local variables\." "help where" # test help x
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