-var-update using formatted value

[Nick Roberts]

Daniel Jacobowitz writes:
 > On Fri, Jan 11, 2008 at 11:53:04PM +0100, Andreas Schwab wrote:
 > > It should begin with a digit, otherwise it could be mistaken for an
 > > ordinary identifier.  0b is a often used prefix.
 > 
 > That's unambiguous with other supported number formats and valid C
 > tokens, I believe.  If I'm right, it would be nice to be able to type
 > binary numbers in GDB.

I don't understand the second sentence.

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