RE: [RFC] Allow explicit 16 or 32 char in 'x /s'

["Pierre Muller" <pierre dot muller at ics-cnrs dot unistra dot fr>]

> -----Message d'origine-----
> De?: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org [mailto:gdb-patches-
> owner@sourceware.org] De la part de Eli Zaretskii
> Envoyé?: Thursday, March 18, 2010 8:02 AM
> À?: Pierre Muller
> Cc?: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
> Objet?: Re: [RFC] Allow explicit 16 or 32 char in 'x /s'
> 
> > From: "Pierre Muller" <pierre.muller@ics-cnrs.unistra.fr>
> > Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:42:53 +0100
> >
> >
> >   The patch below allows to
> > print strings that are made of 16 bit or 32 bit char
> > using:
> > 'x /hs ' or 'x /ws ' commands.
> 
> Thanks.  If this patch is accepted, we will need a suitable change for
> the manual.

How about this change?

Pierre

doc/ChangeLog entry:

2010-03-18  Pierre Muller  <muller@ics.u-strasbg.fr>

      * gdbint.texinfo (Examining memory): Update for
	change in string display with explicit size.


Index: doc/gdb.texinfo
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RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo,v
retrieving revision 1.680
diff -u -p -r1.680 gdb.texinfo
--- doc/gdb.texinfo	12 Mar 2010 19:15:52 -0000	1.680
+++ doc/gdb.texinfo	18 Mar 2010 12:50:15 -0000
@@ -7232,8 +7232,11 @@ Giant words (eight bytes).
 @end table
 
 Each time you specify a unit size with @code{x}, that size becomes the
-default unit the next time you use @code{x}.  (For the @samp{s} and
-@samp{i} formats, the unit size is ignored and is normally not written.)
+default unit the next time you use @code{x}. For the @samp{i} format,
+the unit size is ignored and is normally not written. For the @samp{s}
format,
+the unit size defaults to @samp{b}, unless it is explicitly given.
+Ue @code{x /hs} to display 16-bit char strings and @code{x /ws} to display
+32-bit strings. The next use of @code{x /s} will still display 8-bit
strings.
 
 @item @var{addr}, starting display address
 @var{addr} is the address where you want @value{GDBN} to begin displaying