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 15 Using GDB with Different Languages
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 Although programming languages generally have common aspects, they are
 rarely expressed in the same manner.  For instance, in ANSI C,
 dereferencing a pointer 'p' is accomplished by '*p', but in Modula-2, it
 is accomplished by 'p^'.  Values can also be represented (and displayed)
 differently.  Hex numbers in C appear as '0x1ae', while in Modula-2 they
 appear as '1AEH'.
 
    Language-specific information is built into GDB for some languages,
 allowing you to express operations like the above in your program's
 native language, and allowing GDB to output values in a manner
 consistent with the syntax of your program's native language.  The
 language you use to build expressions is called the "working language".
 

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· Setting                     Switching between source languages
· Show                        Displaying the language
· Checks                      Type and range checks
· Supported Languages         Supported languages
· Unsupported Languages       Unsupported languages
 

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