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Re: [RFA] Emit a warning for ineffective set VAR = EXP command
On May 3, 2012, at 6:33 PM, Doug Evans wrote:
> On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 8:05 AM, Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com> wrote:
>>> Ok with one more change.
>>>
>>> -gdb_test "set language ada" ".*" "set language ada"
>>> +gdb_test_no_output "set language ada"
>>
>> There is going to be some output, because this command is forcing
>> a language which does not match the frame.
>
> Ah.
Now committed.
>>> [I'm assuming the warning test has the desired affect. I don't know ada. :-)]
>>
>> Correct, it's a `='/`==' vs `:='/'=' confusion. In Ada, the comparison
>> operator is "=". The user should have used the assignment operator which
>> is ":=". The number of times I got bitten by this....
>
> It's trivial to add tests for a few more languages.
> Whether it's worth it, I don't know.
Well I don't think it is worth. Gdb testsuite is not really a pedagogic material :-)
> It may be worth it if only as an educational vehicle so people who
> don't know these other languages get exposed to them for this
> particular issue.