Clarify documentation of the gdb.Field.bitpos attribute

gdb/doc/ChangeLog:

        * gdb.texinfo (Types In Python): Clarify the documentation
        of attribute gdb.Field.bitpos.

diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
index 0df308ddb0f7ddf5009e0e0d1cc4cc0e4a8cca01..a7e1c2f06d3517966fa0fd377b2ed837d2ddaa94 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2013-12-30  Joel Brobecker  <brobecker@adacore.com>
+
+       * gdb.texinfo (Types In Python): Clarify the documentation
+       of attribute gdb.Field.bitpos.
+
 2013-12-28  Joel Brobecker  <brobecker@adacore.com>
 
        * gdb.texinfo (Types In Python): Fix the documentation of

diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
index 3fa099997695bcb948c24083cd6d57a1e0dbb63e..a60e6cff93de25bb1cb0de388f95e43d323123a4 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -24338,8 +24338,8 @@ Each field is a @code{gdb.Field} object, with some pre-defined attributes:
 @table @code
 @item bitpos
 This attribute is not available for @code{enum} or @code{static}
-(as in C@t{++} or Java) fields.  The value is the bit position of
-the field.
+(as in C@t{++} or Java) fields.  The value is the position, counting
+in bits, from the start of the containing type.
 
 @item enumval
 This attribute is only available for @code{enum} fields, and its value