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Re: [PATCH] MI: Free values when updating
> > > @@ -1987,11 +1987,7 @@ c_value_of_root (struct varobj **var_han
> > > /* We need to catch errors here, because if evaluate
> > > expression fails we just want to make val->error = 1 and
> > > go on */
> >
> > This comment is not applicable anymore.
>
> It actually is -- the comment says why we use gdb_evaluate_expression,
> as opposed to evaluate_expression. Only the part about val->error is obsolete,
> and I'll fix that.
I'm not even sure that current use of gdb_evaluate_expression with variable
objects is sensible. Currently GDB accepts:
-var-create - * 1/0
and if you do:
-var-create - * n1/n2
and n2 is set to 0, with "-var-update --all-values", GDB returns:
^done,changelist=[{name="var2",in_scope="false"}]
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