Re: variable objects (was: [rfc] Annotation level THREE)

[Andrew Cagney <ac131313 at redhat dot com>]

> If -var-assign is used (or, indeed, if the array element is changed within
> execution) then the changelist reflects this e.g
>
> -var-assign var2.3 6
> ^done,value="6"
> (gdb) 
> -var-update *
> ^done,changelist=[{name="var2.3",in_scope="true",type_changed="false"}]
> (gdb) 
>
> -var-evaluate-expression gives the following:
>
> -var-evaluate-expression var2
> ^done,value="[10]"
> (gdb) 
>
> which possibly explains why nothing appears in the changelist when the CLI
> command (set var r[3]=6) is used as the array size is not editable:
>
> -var-show-attributes var2
> ^done,attr="noneditable"
> (gdb) 

Bug   The CLI side is missing an invalidate.  Can you please file this 
as a bug report.  I'll then see about fixing it.  If you want to turn 
the above into a test case, then you'll know it

> This is only a problem when trying to control GDB using both CLI and MI
> commands which is what we would like to do in Emacs. Do Apple (Project 
> Builder?) or Eclipse have a console where CLI commands can be entered?

I suspect no one noticed because, up until now, things like Insight were 
using varobj to do updates (it is more robust than the `set' command).

Andrew