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Re: gdb/196: completer bugs
- To: nobody at sources dot redhat dot com
- Subject: Re: gdb/196: completer bugs
- From: Keith Seitz <keiths at cygnus dot com>
- Date: 16 Aug 2001 21:58:01 -0000
- Cc: gdb-prs at sources dot redhat dot com,
- Reply-To: Keith Seitz <keiths at cygnus dot com>
The following reply was made to PR gdb/196; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Keith Seitz <keiths@cygnus.com>
To: Fernando Nasser <fnasser@cygnus.com>
Cc: <gdb-gnats@sources.redhat.com>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@is.elta.co.il>
Subject: Re: gdb/196: completer bugs
Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 14:48:55 -0700 (PDT)
On Thu, 16 Aug 2001, Fernando Nasser wrote:
> > "complex long double"? completed.1? complete.c?
>
> That is the way it is (what doesn't mean it can't be improved).
> It doesn't know what you want to type in there so it presents you
> with a list of symbols that start with the substring you've typed.
I wouldn't have believed it, but you're right. In my disbelief, I even
checked GNUPro-98r1, which is the oldest gdb I could easily find, and sure
enough, it does the same thing.
Sorry. I guess we should classify this as an enhancement request, then.
Keith