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Re: [RFA] Emit a warning for ineffective set VAR = EXP command


> Ok with one more change.
> 
> -gdb_test "set language ada" ".*" "set language ada"
> +gdb_test_no_output "set language ada"

There is going to be some output, because this command is forcing
a language which does not match the frame.

> [I'm assuming the warning test has the desired affect.  I don't know ada. :-)]

Correct, it's a `='/`==' vs `:='/'=' confusion. In Ada, the comparison
operator is "=". The user should have used the assignment operator which
is ":=".  The number of times I got bitten by this....

-- 
Joel


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