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Re: [PATCH v2 9/9] compile: compile printf: gdbserver support
- From: Jan Kratochvil <jan dot kratochvil at redhat dot com>
- To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz at gnu dot org>
- Cc: gdb-patches at sourceware dot org, pmuldoon at redhat dot com
- Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2015 21:23:24 +0200
- Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 9/9] compile: compile printf: gdbserver support
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On Mon, 06 Apr 2015 19:43:22 +0200, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
> > +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
> > @@ -17246,7 +17246,9 @@ multiple-line editor.
> > @item compile printf @var{template}, @var{expressions}@dots{}
> > Compile and execute @code{printf} function call with the compiler
> > language found as the current language in @value{GDBN}
> > -(@pxref{Languages}).
> > +(@pxref{Languages}). Inferior executes @code{open_memstream} and
> > +@code{fprintf} instead so that the produced string is printed by
> > +@value{GDBN} and not the inferior.
>
> Is this really important to say in the manual?
>
> And if it is, why not simply say that the value is printed by GDB
> itself, not by calling functions in the inferior?
Used:
The value is printed by @value{GDBN} and not the inferior, inferior
does not execute specifically the function @code{printf}.
Jan