-stack-list-locals and children

[Vladimir Prus]

Vladimir Prus wrote:

> Pawel Piech wrote:
> 
>> Nick Roberts wrote:
>>> Note that -stack-list-locals --simple-values _does_ give type information and,
>>> if this is presented to the user, he can usually infer the number of children.
>>> In the manual:
>>>
>>>      -stack-list-locals --simple-values
>>>      ^done,locals=[{name="A",type="int",value="1"},
>>>        {name="B",type="int",value="2"},{name="C",type="int [3]"}]
>>>      (gdb)                                             ^^^^^^^
>>>   
>> 
>> No kidding!  2 more questions then:
>> 
>> - does stack-list-args support the --simple-values option?
> 
> Does not seem so. In fact, it does not seem like -stack-list-locals support if
> either ;-). Both take an integer parameter though, passing '2' for it should
> cause only simple values to be printed.
> 
>> - how long has this feature been around?
> 
> Which? Printing types? I believe it was around for approximately -1 day.

In fact, for simple values case it was around since forever, it seems.

- Volodya