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Re: [commit/Ada] Add handling of "ptype TYPE_NAME.FIELD0.[...].FIELDN" expressions
Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com> writes:
>> > (gdb) ptype circle.pos
>> > Invalid attempt to select from type: "circle.pos".
>> >
>> > The attached patch enhances the debugger to able to do the above.
>>
>> Is this actually valid in Ada? You can't do this in C, which is why
>> GDB doesn't handle it for ptype.
>
> Actually, it isn't. But it seemed like a natural extension...
For C you can use this:
(gdb) ptype ((circle)0).pos
Andreas.
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