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Diffstat (limited to 'gdb/value.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | gdb/value.h | 10 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/value.h b/gdb/value.h index 5a92882bc08..d1b68911379 100644 --- a/gdb/value.h +++ b/gdb/value.h @@ -38,7 +38,9 @@ struct value /* Location of value (if lval). */ union { - /* Address in inferior or byte of registers structure. */ + /* If lval == lval_memory, this is the address in the inferior. + If lval == lval_register, this is the byte offset into the + registers structure. */ CORE_ADDR address; /* Pointer to internal variable. */ struct internalvar *internalvar; @@ -48,8 +50,10 @@ struct value } location; /* Describes offset of a value within lval of a structure in bytes. - This is used in retrieving contents from target memory. [Note also - the member embedded_offset below.] */ + If lval == lval_memory, this is an offset to the address. + If lval == lval_register, this is a further offset from + location.address within the registers structure. + Note also the member embedded_offset below. */ int offset; /* Only used for bitfields; number of bits contained in them. */ int bitsize; |