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Re: [RFA] Patch to limit field name completion candidates
> Cc: gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com
> From: Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
> Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 09:31:20 -0600
>
> Eli> Thanks. But what about the situation where I actually want to type
> Eli> p foo.c:bar
> Eli> If I type "p foo.<TAB>", will I see "foo.c" as one of the possible
> Eli> completions, after your change, whether there is or isn't also a
> Eli> struct foo in the program?
>
> Nope, it won't.
>
> I didn't realize this syntax was permissible. And I can't seem to get
> it to work on a simple test case:
>
> Breakpoint 1, main () at s.c:8
> 8 return values[57].free2;
> (gdb) p s.c:values[0]
> No symbol "s" in current context.
>
> How can I see this in action?
What if you type p s<TAB>, does it work then?