diff options
| author | Doug Evans <dje@google.com> | 2013-03-28 17:25:47 +0000 |
|---|---|---|
| committer | Doug Evans <dje@google.com> | 2013-03-28 17:25:47 +0000 |
| commit | a9375afe328f7d180c1dcc5fa23ab9be2e014784 (patch) | |
| tree | 0a14762aa2442cb00532b149ee72e99f35fb7e8e /gdb/typeprint.c | |
| parent | 41245087227a1b3b1434cfd0799d3db95c6bffb8 (diff) | |
* typeprint.c (_initialize_typeprint): Improve type help text.
Diffstat (limited to 'gdb/typeprint.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | gdb/typeprint.c | 7 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/typeprint.c b/gdb/typeprint.c index 2d5a6af4db..4e70593fec 100644 --- a/gdb/typeprint.c +++ b/gdb/typeprint.c @@ -684,9 +684,10 @@ _initialize_typeprint (void) c = add_com ("ptype", class_vars, ptype_command, _("\ Print definition of type TYPE.\n\ -Usage: ptype[/FLAGS] TYPE-NAME | EXPRESSION\n\ -Argument may be a type name defined by typedef, or \"struct STRUCT-TAG\"\n\ -or \"class CLASS-NAME\" or \"union UNION-TAG\" or \"enum ENUM-TAG\".\n\ +Usage: ptype[/FLAGS] TYPE | EXPRESSION\n\ +Argument may be any type (for example a type name defined by typedef,\n\ +or \"struct STRUCT-TAG\" or \"class CLASS-NAME\" or \"union UNION-TAG\"\n\ +or \"enum ENUM-TAG\") or an expression.\n\ The selected stack frame's lexical context is used to look up the name.\n\ Contrary to \"whatis\", \"ptype\" always unrolls any typedefs.\n\ \n\ |