[Bug gdb/14288] New: comma+space printed too late in string dumpafter a repeat count

["johannes.sixt at gmail dot com" <sourceware-bugzilla at sourceware dot org>]

http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14288

             Bug #: 14288
           Summary: comma+space printed too late in string dump after a
                    repeat count
           Product: gdb
           Version: 7.4
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: gdb
        AssignedTo: unassigned@sourceware.org
        ReportedBy: johannes.sixt@gmail.com
    Classification: Unclassified


tmp:1011> gdb741 a.out
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Reading symbols from /tmp/a.out...done.
(gdb) l
1       void main()
2       {
3               char s[] = "abbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb"
4                       "\240\240\240\240\240\240\240\240"
5                       "\240\240\240\240\240\240\240\240c";
6       }
(gdb) break 6
Breakpoint 1 at 0x400531: file gdb-string-dump.c, line 6.
(gdb) run
Starting program: /tmp/a.out 

Breakpoint 1, main () at gdb-string-dump.c:6
6       }
(gdb) info locals
s = "a", 'b' <repeats 20 times>"\240,
\240\240\240\240\240\240\240\240\240\240\240\240\240\240\240c"
(gdb) 

Notice that the comma+space that usually follows after the repeat count
was printed only after the first byte of the remaining string was dumped.
This is clearly wrong because it gives a false impression of the contents
of the string.

A minor point is that the subsequent string could have been printed as

   '\240' <repeats 16 times>

Just in case it matters:

tmp:1014> echo $LANG
POSIX

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