Debugging with GDB Manual HP WDB v6.3 (5900-2180, August 2012)

expression is any expression valid on the current language set (must not begin with a '*'), or
one of the following:
• '*addr', where addr is the address of a memory cell
• '*addr-addr' ― a memory address range (TBD)
• '$regname' ― a CPU register name
Result
This operation returns the name, number of children and the type of the object created. Type is
returned as a string as the ones generated by the GDB CLI:
name="name",numchild="N",type="type"
The -var-delete command
Synopsis
-var-delete name
Deletes a previously created variable object and all of its children.
Returns an error if the object name is not found.
The -var-set-format command
Synopsis
-var-set-format name format-spec
Sets the output format for the value of the object name to be format-spec.
The syntax for the format-spec is as follows:
format-spec →
{binary | decimal | hexadecimal | octal | natural}
The -var-show-format command
Synopsis
-var-show-format name
Returns the format used to display the value of the object name.
format →
format-spec
The -var-info-num-children command
Synopsis
-var-info-num-children name
Returns the number of children of a variable object name:
numchild=n
The -var-list-children command
Synopsis
-var-list-children name
Returns a list of the children of the specified variable object:
numchild=n,children={{name=name,
numchild=n,type=type},(repeats N times)}
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