Annotations

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GDB Annotations

This chapter describes annotations in GDB. Annotations are designed to interface GDB to graphical user interfaces or other similar programs which want to interact with GDB at a relatively high level.

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• Annotations Overview :: What annotations are; the general syntax.
• Server Prefix :: Issuing a command without affecting user state.
• Value Annotations :: Values are marked as such.
• Frame Annotations :: Stack frames are annotated.
• Displays :: GDB can be told to display something periodically.
• Prompting :: Annotations marking GDB's need for input.
• Errors :: Annotations for error messages.
• Breakpoint Info :: Information on breakpoints.
• Invalidation :: Some annotations describe things now invalid.
• Annotations for Running :: Whether the program is running, how it stopped, etc.
• Source Annotations :: Annotations describing source code.
• TODO :: Annotations which might be added in the future.