[RFA, doc RFA] set print frame-arguments-raw on|off

Doug Evans dje@google.com
Sun Jun 30 18:11:00 GMT 2013


On Sun, Jun 30, 2013 at 7:58 AM, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
>> From: Doug Evans <dje@google.com>
>> Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2013 20:12:37 -0700
>>
>>  > Sometimes it's nice to print stack frame arguments in raw form.
>>  > [And not just as one-offs, but as the default.]
>>  >
>>  > I thought of extending "set print frame-arguments" into something like
>>  > none, raw-scalars, raw-all, scalars, all.
>>  > But I like this better: raw-vs-pretty is orthogonal to scalars-vs-all.
>>  > E.g., If we later extend "print frame-arguments" it'll be easier if raw-ness
>>  > is a separate parameter.
>
> Thanks.
>
>> diff -u -p -r1.605 NEWS
>> --- NEWS      26 Jun 2013 08:17:26 -0000      1.605
>> +++ NEWS      30 Jun 2013 03:02:56 -0000
>> @@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ maint set|show per-command symtab
>>
>>  * New options
>>
>> +set print frame-arguments-raw
>> +show print frame-arguments-raw
>> +  Set/show whether to print frame arguments in raw mode,
>> +  not pretty-printed.
>> +
>
> This part is OK, although I'd suggest to say something more explicit,
> like "... disregarding any defined pretty-printers."
>
>> --- doc/gdb.texinfo   26 Jun 2013 08:17:26 -0000      1.1099
>> +++ doc/gdb.texinfo   29 Jun 2013 22:11:03 -0000
>> @@ -9030,6 +9030,17 @@ thus speeding up the display of each Ada
>>  @item show print frame-arguments
>>  Show how the value of arguments should be displayed when printing a frame.
>>
>> +@item set print frame-arguments-raw on
>> +Print frame arguments in raw, non pretty-printed, form.
>> +
>> +@item set print frame-arguments-raw off
>> +Print frame arguments in pretty-printed form, if there is a pretty-printer
>> +for the value (@pxref{Pretty Printing}).
>> +Otherwise print the value in raw form.
>> +
>> +@item show print frame-arguments-raw
>> +Show whether to print frame arguments in raw form.
>
> This is fine, but please state the default value of the option.
>
> OK with those changes.

Thanks. Will do.
Still need approval for the code part.



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