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Re: -var-update using formatted value

From: Andreas Schwab <schwab at suse dot de>
To: Nick Roberts <nickrob at snap dot net dot nz>
Cc: "Marc Khouzam" <marc dot khouzam at ericsson dot com>, <gdb at sources dot redhat dot com>
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 23:53:04 +0100
Subject: Re: -var-update using formatted value
References: <fm89hl$402$1@ger.gmane.org> <6D19CA8D71C89C43A057926FE0D4ADAA04290E1B@ecamlmw720.eamcs.ericsson.se> <18311.60638.724524.220449@kahikatea.snap.net.nz>

Nick Roberts <nickrob@snap.net.nz> writes:

> I guess there's no accepted convention for binary numbers, but would it be
> sensible for GDB to prefix their output in some way? , e.g.,
>
> (gdb) p/t 11
> $6 = b1011

It should begin with a digit, otherwise it could be mistaken for an
ordinary identifier.  0b is a often used prefix.

Andreas.

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