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Diffstat (limited to 'gdb/typeprint.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | gdb/typeprint.c | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/typeprint.c b/gdb/typeprint.c index 03e633241c3..cf4158da9c0 100644 --- a/gdb/typeprint.c +++ b/gdb/typeprint.c @@ -316,8 +316,10 @@ _initialize_typeprint (void) Print definition of type TYPE.\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\ -The selected stack frame's lexical context is used to look up the name.")); +The selected stack frame's lexical context is used to look up the name.\n\ +Contrary to \"whatis\", \"ptype\" always unrolls any typedefs.")); add_com ("whatis", class_vars, whatis_command, - _("Print data type of expression EXP.")); + _("Print data type of expression EXP.\n\ +Only one level of typedefs is unrolled. See also \"ptype\".")); } |