Re: [PATCH] Fix variable objects for references to pointers

[Nick Roberts <nickrob at snap dot net dot nz>]

 > > + set end_of_proc [gdb_get_line_number "return 99;"]
 > > + send_gdb "-exec-next 4\n"
 > > + gdb_expect {
 > > +     -re "\\^running\r\n${mi_gdb_prompt}\\*stopped,reason=\"end-stepping-range\",thread-id=\"\[01\]\",frame=\{addr=\"$hex\",func=\"reference_to_pointer\",args=\\\[\\\],file=\".*${srcfile}\",fullname=\"${fullname_syntax}${srcfile}\",line=\"$end_of_proc\"\}\r\n$mi_gdb_prompt$" {
 > > + 	pass "4xnext to return 99"
 > > +     }
 > > +     timeout { fail "4xnext in reference_to_pointer (timeout)" }
 > > + }
 > 
 > Using send_gdb / gdb_expect this way is a problem.  If anything goes
 > wrong, then the test will sit until it times out.  There's only
 > one pattern, so you could use mi_gdb_test.  "-exec-next 4"
 > isn't great either; compiler changes or test changes can easily
 > make you end up somewhere unexpected.
 > 
 > This line isn't testing anything you're interested in, right?
 > Then you can just put a breakpoint in the right place and run
 > to that breakpoint.  I'd recommend mi_continue_to.  I don't
 > see a convenient helper in mi-support.exp to set the breakpoint, but
 > there's an example in mi-var-cmd.exp.

Something like below?

set end_of_proc [gdb_get_line_number "return 99;"]
send_gdb "-break-insert $end_of_proc\n"
mi_continue_to ".*" reference_to_pointer  "" ".*${srcfile}" $end_of_proc \
    "continue to return 99"


Other tests seem to use mi_gdb_test for -break-insert but I'm not interested in
the result and mi_continue presumably sifts through the output until it reaches
something it recognises.  I'm also not that interested in the breakpoint
number so I've used a wildcard for future-proofing.


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Nick                                           http://www.inet.net.nz/~nickrob