2002-08-01 Andrew Cagney <cagney@redhat.com>

[deliverable/binutils-gdb.git] / gdb / doc / stabs.texinfo

diff --git a/gdb/doc/stabs.texinfo b/gdb/doc/stabs.texinfo
index 7469b45179e8f947d558a6377b4b20d0caf67a80..6b4c3dc4d4599ece4ab7ebf877bcef6a4b2299d5 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/doc/stabs.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/stabs.texinfo
@@ -21,10 +21,9 @@ and David MacKenzie.
 
 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
 under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or
-any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with the
-Invariant Sections being ``Stabs Types'' and ``Stabs Sections'', with
-the Front-Cover texts being ``A GNU Manual,'' and with the Back-Cover
-Texts as in (a) below.
+any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no
+Invariant Sections, with the Front-Cover Texts being ``A GNU Manual,''
+and with the Back-Cover Texts as in (a) below.
 
 (a) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: ``You have freedom to copy and modify
 this GNU Manual, like GNU software.  Copies published by the Free
@@ -54,10 +53,9 @@ Contributed by Cygnus Support.
 
 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
 under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or
-any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with the
-Invariant Sections being ``Stabs Types'' and ``Stabs Sections'', with
-the Front-Cover texts being ``A GNU Manual,'' and with the Back-Cover
-Texts as in (a) below.
+any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no
+Invariant Sections, with the Front-Cover Texts being ``A GNU Manual,''
+and with the Back-Cover Texts as in (a) below.
 
 (a) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: ``You have freedom to copy and modify
 this GNU Manual, like GNU software.  Copies published by the Free
@@ -289,6 +287,12 @@ Indicate that this type is a string instead of an array of characters,
 or a bitstring instead of a set.  It doesn't change the layout of the
 data being represented, but does enable the debugger to know which type
 it is.
+
+@item V
+Indicate that this type is a vector instead of an array.  The only 
+major difference between vectors and arrays is that vectors are
+passed by value instead of by reference (vector coprocessor extension).
+
 @end table
 
 All of this can make the string field quite long.  All versions of GDB,
@@ -1750,7 +1754,8 @@ Pascal set type.  @var{type-information} must be a small type such as an
 enumeration or a subrange, and the type is a bitmask whose length is
 specified by the number of elements in @var{type-information}.
 
-In CHILL, if it is a bitstring instead of a set, also use the @samp{S}
+In CHILL, @c OBSOLETE
+if it is a bitstring instead of a set, also use the @samp{S}
 type attribute (@pxref{String Field}).
 
 @item * @var{type-information}
@@ -1951,7 +1956,8 @@ string.  I don't know the difference.
 Pascal Stringptr.  What is this?  This is an AIX feature.
 @end table
 
-Languages, such as CHILL which have a string type which is basically
+Languages, such as CHILL @c OBSOLETE
+which have a string type which is basically
 just an array of characters use the @samp{S} type attribute
 (@pxref{String Field}).