From 6fbe845e0c00ca40e98aa23401e0b5490717a646 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew Burgess <aburgess@broadcom.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2013 10:16:08 +0000
Subject: Add new 'z' format for print command.
http://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2013-07/msg00235.html
gdb/ChangeLog
* NEWS: Mention new 'z' formatter.
* printcmd.c (print_scalar_formatted): Add new 'z' formatter.
(_initialize_printcmd): Mention 'z' formatter in help text of the
'x' command.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog
* gdb.texinfo (Output Formats): Mention the new 'z' formatter.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
* gdb.base/printcmds.exp (test_print_int_arrays): Add tests for x,
z, o, and t output formats.
* gdb.base/display.exp: Use 'k' as an undefined format now that
'z' is defined.
---
gdb/NEWS | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
(limited to 'gdb/NEWS')
diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS
index a4238d01999..6ee8ad7ed56 100644
--- a/gdb/NEWS
+++ b/gdb/NEWS
@@ -128,6 +128,9 @@ qXfer:libraries-svr4:read's annex
'qXfer:traceframe-info:read'. It has the id of the collected
trace state variables.
+* New 'z' formatter for printing and examining memory, this displays the
+ value as hexadecimal zero padded on the left to the size of the type.
+
*** Changes in GDB 7.6
* Target record has been renamed to record-full.
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