[binutils-gdb] GDB/testsuite: Tighten `set print elements' error check

Maciej W. Rozycki macro@sourceware.org
Wed Jun 29 14:29:02 GMT 2022


https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=b955c336f93a1b8ab433b713739c145c56f5c027

commit b955c336f93a1b8ab433b713739c145c56f5c027
Author: Maciej W. Rozycki <macro@embecosm.com>
Date:   Wed Jun 29 15:27:41 2022 +0100

    GDB/testsuite: Tighten `set print elements' error check
    
    Match the whole error message expected to be given rather than omitting
    the part about the "unlimited" keyword.  There's no point in omitting
    the missing part first, and second with an upcoming change the part in
    parentheses will no longer be a fixed string, so doing a full match will
    ensure the algorithm correctly builds the message expected here.  Also
    avoid any wildcard matches.

Diff:
---
 gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/default.exp | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/default.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/default.exp
index 23379f6ec01..e1e0d311b6c 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/default.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/default.exp
@@ -525,7 +525,8 @@ gdb_test_no_output "set print asm-demangle" "set print asm-demangle"
 #test set print demangle
 gdb_test_no_output "set print demangle" "set print demangle"
 #test set print elements
-gdb_test "set print elements" "Argument required .integer to set it to.*"
+gdb_test "set print elements" \
+	 "Argument required \\(integer to set it to, or \"unlimited\"\\)\\."
 #test set print object
 gdb_test_no_output "set print object" "set print object"
 #test set print pretty


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