[padb-users] Make "gdb set language c" for Fortran program to get correct value and offset of symbols.

[Ashley Pittman]

I've committed the patch with your change.  I had copied the logic from set_print_address but of course that deals with a boolean flag rather than discrete values.

Ashley.

On 25 Nov 2010, at 01:07, Jie Cai wrote:

> Hi Ashley,
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> Agreed, it makes more sense to set the language only when it is needed.
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> There is a little bug in line 6323. I have fixed it with the attached patch. Other than that works fine.
> Kind Regards,
> Jie
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> On 25/11/10 09:55, Ashley Pittman wrote:
>> On 23 Nov 2010, at 23:44, Jie Cai wrote:
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>>> On 23/11/10 18:55, Ashley Pittman wrote:
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>>>> Thank you for the patch, I'm wondering if it's enough to simply set the mode on attach or does that break the stack traces or local variables in Fortran code?
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>>> As I tested, this is not sufficient.
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>>>> Padb already tracks the value of "-gdb-set print address" and changes it as required, perhaps it needs to do the same for "-gdb-set language"?
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>>> Yes, you are right. The patch can be simplified as put '-gdb-set languance c' only when '-gdb-set print address' is sent.
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>> I was thinking of something like the attached which sets the value to c when required but reverts it to it's normal state when not.
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> <bug-fix-gdb.patch>

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