[commit/Ada] Add handling of "ptype TYPE_NAME.FIELD0.[...].FIELDN" expressions

[Andreas Schwab]

Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com> writes:

>> >    (gdb) ptype circle.pos
>> >    Invalid attempt to select from type: "circle.pos".
>> > 
>> > The attached patch enhances the debugger to able to do the above.
>> 
>> Is this actually valid in Ada?  You can't do this in C, which is why
>> GDB doesn't handle it for ptype.
>
> Actually, it isn't. But it seemed like a natural extension...

For C you can use this:

(gdb) ptype ((circle)0).pos

Andreas.

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