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Re: [rfc] display vector types using vector_size syntax

On 09/11/2012 10:09 AM, Andrew Burgess wrote:
> On 10/09/2012 11:06 PM, Joel Brobecker wrote:
>>> Andrew> I'd like to change the behaviour to this:
>>> Andrew> (gdb) ptype vector
>>> Andrew> type = char ((vector_size(4)))
>>> Andrew> (gdb) whatis vector
>>> Andrew> type = char ((vector_size(4)))
>>>
>>> Seems reasonable to me.
>>
>> Just a thought: How about
>>
>>      type = char __attribute__ ((vector_size(4)))
>>
>> ?
>>
>> It know it's a lot more verbose, but the later speaks a lot more
>> to me than the original proposal...
> 
> I only dropped this to avoid clutter, but I don't really mind either way.
> 
> I'll give it a couple more days for people to reply, then commit a version with "__attibute__".

+1 for __attribute__ being present from me.

-- 
Pedro Alves
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