MI: "freezing" variable object

[Daniel Jacobowitz]

On Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 03:44:47PM +0400, Vladimir Prus wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> what's the best way to "freeze" a variable object, so that it's current
> value is saved, and is not changed on any -var-update invocation? 
> 
> I need this in order to implement a functionality where user can remember
> the current value of an expression for future reference. I'd expect the
> user to still be able to open composite object (using -var-list-children),
> so saving just textual representation I not enough.
> 
> I can get the desired effect with:
> 
>    print expression
>    -var-create $NNN
> 
> where $NNN is the history item, but am I supposed to use CLI command for
> that?

I've got no idea, sorry.  It does seem like (A) this would be a nice
functionality to have, and (B) the general relationship between varobjs
and the expressions which created them is not sufficiently documented.

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Daniel Jacobowitz
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