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Re: [PATCH] Add printf format specifier for printing enumerator


On 02/05/2016 03:02 PM, Simon Marchi wrote:
> On 2016-02-05 09:51, Pedro Alves wrote:
>> Did you consider a convenience function to convert a value
>> to string, instead?  Then you'd write:
>>
>>  (gdb) printf "Visiting node of type %s\n", $_as_string(node)
>>
>> And maybe do other things with it.
> 
> No, but I think it's a good idea.
> 
> Do you see _as_string as applicable to any type, a bit like str() in 
> Python, or just to some specific types that we chose and make sense 
> (like enum)?

I was thinking the former.  Maybe even implement it in Python, in
gdb/python/lib/gdb/function/?

Thanks,
Pedro Alves


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