arc argv problems

[Lee <backrev at yahoo dot com>]

I am doing all of this on linux gdb build 
gdb-6.5.50.20060823

I dumbed down my script for demo purposes here
I even downloaded some sample .gdbinit files and they
did not work either

I am not sure if this is a bug, or user error

.gdbinit
#-----------------------------------------------
set prompt # 

define alf
     printf "%d\n", $argc
end

define u
        if $argc == 0
                x/10i $_
        end
        if $f $argc == 1
                x/10i $_
        end
        if $argc == 1
                x/10i $arg1
        end
        white
end

edircpr:/gdb/gdb-6.5.50.20060823/gdb # vi ~/.gdbinit
edircpr:/gdb/gdb-6.5.50.20060823/gdb # gdb
GNU gdb 6.4
Copyright 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General
Public License, and you are
welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it
under certain conditions.
 #:  alf 1
1 
 #:  alf 1 2
 #:  alf 1  2 3
2
 #:  alf 1 2 3 4
3
 #:  alf 1 2 3 4
4
 #:  alf 1 2 3 4
4
 #:  alf 1 2 3 4
4
 #:  alf 1 2 3 4 5
4
 #:  alf 1 2 3 4 5
5
 #:  u
Invalid type combination in equality test.

Notice how the $argc isnt correct, and even changes
sometimes

I also can not do anything like if $argc == 2 etc as I
get the invalid type errors.

my goal with the script here is that I can ofcourse
tell how may args were passed to my user defined
function and work with said args

I have also tried using $ARGC etc, but I think the
correct one to use is $argc $argv

Any suggestions ?

Also I have not found any good scripting references
specific to gdb.  While it is very similar to other
things, there are things that work special like printf
that are close but not the same.

Thanks
Lee







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