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58<h1 class="settitle" align="center"><small>GDB</small>&rsquo;s Obsolete Annotations</h1>
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65<p>This file documents <small>GDB</small>&rsquo;s obsolete annotations.
66</p>
67<p>Copyright &copy; 1994&ndash;2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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74Free Documentation License&rdquo;.
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85<h1 class="top">GDB Annotations</h1>
86
87<p>This document describes the obsolete level two annotation interface
88implemented in older <small>GDB</small> versions.
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92<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="Annotations-Overview.html#Annotations-Overview" accesskey="1">Annotations Overview</a>:</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">What annotations are; the general syntax.
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94<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="Limitations.html#Limitations" accesskey="2">Limitations</a>:</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">Limitations of the annotation interface.
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96<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="Migrating-to-GDB_002fMI.html#Migrating-to-GDB_002fMI" accesskey="3">Migrating to GDB/MI</a>:</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">Migrating to GDB/MI
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98<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="Server-Prefix.html#Server-Prefix" accesskey="4">Server Prefix</a>:</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">Issuing a command without affecting user state.
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100<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="Value-Annotations.html#Value-Annotations" accesskey="5">Value Annotations</a>:</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">Values are marked as such.
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102<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="Frame-Annotations.html#Frame-Annotations" accesskey="6">Frame Annotations</a>:</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">Stack frames are annotated.
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104<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="Displays.html#Displays" accesskey="7">Displays</a>:</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top"><small>GDB</small> can be told to display something periodically.
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106<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="Prompting.html#Prompting" accesskey="8">Prompting</a>:</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">Annotations marking <small>GDB</small>&rsquo;s need for input.
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108<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="Errors.html#Errors" accesskey="9">Errors</a>:</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">Annotations for error messages.
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110<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="Breakpoint-Info.html#Breakpoint-Info">Breakpoint Info</a>:</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">Information on breakpoints.
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112<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="Invalidation.html#Invalidation">Invalidation</a>:</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">Some annotations describe things now invalid.
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114<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="Annotations-for-Running.html#Annotations-for-Running">Annotations for Running</a>:</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">
115                        Whether the program is running, how it stopped, etc.
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117<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="Source-Annotations.html#Source-Annotations">Source Annotations</a>:</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">Annotations describing source code.
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119<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="Multi_002dthreaded-Apps.html#Multi_002dthreaded-Apps">Multi-threaded Apps</a>:</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">An annotation that reports multi-threadedness.
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122</pre></th></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="GNU-Free-Documentation-License.html#GNU-Free-Documentation-License">GNU Free Documentation License</a>:</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">
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132  <li><a name="toc-What-is-an-Annotation_003f" href="Annotations-Overview.html#Annotations-Overview">1 What is an Annotation?</a></li>
133  <li><a name="toc-Limitations-of-the-Annotation-Interface" href="Limitations.html#Limitations">2 Limitations of the Annotation Interface</a>
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135    <li><a name="toc-Dependant-on-CLI-output" href="Limitations.html#Dependant-on-CLI-output">2.1 Dependant on <small>CLI</small> output</a></li>
136    <li><a name="toc-Scalability" href="Limitations.html#Scalability">2.2 Scalability</a></li>
137    <li><a name="toc-Correctness" href="Limitations.html#Correctness">2.3 Correctness</a></li>
138    <li><a name="toc-Reliability" href="Limitations.html#Reliability">2.4 Reliability</a></li>
139    <li><a name="toc-Maintainability" href="Limitations.html#Maintainability">2.5 Maintainability</a></li>
140  </ul></li>
141  <li><a name="toc-Migrating-to-GDB_002fMI-1" href="Migrating-to-GDB_002fMI.html#Migrating-to-GDB_002fMI">3 Migrating to <small>GDB/MI</small></a></li>
142  <li><a name="toc-The-Server-Prefix" href="Server-Prefix.html#Server-Prefix">4 The Server Prefix</a></li>
143  <li><a name="toc-Values" href="Value-Annotations.html#Value-Annotations">5 Values</a></li>
144  <li><a name="toc-Frames" href="Frame-Annotations.html#Frame-Annotations">6 Frames</a></li>
145  <li><a name="toc-Displays-1" href="Displays.html#Displays">7 Displays</a></li>
146  <li><a name="toc-Annotation-for-GDB-Input" href="Prompting.html#Prompting">8 Annotation for <small>GDB</small> Input</a></li>
147  <li><a name="toc-Errors-1" href="Errors.html#Errors">9 Errors</a></li>
148  <li><a name="toc-Information-on-Breakpoints" href="Breakpoint-Info.html#Breakpoint-Info">10 Information on Breakpoints</a></li>
149  <li><a name="toc-Invalidation-Notices" href="Invalidation.html#Invalidation">11 Invalidation Notices</a></li>
150  <li><a name="toc-Running-the-Program" href="Annotations-for-Running.html#Annotations-for-Running">12 Running the Program</a></li>
151  <li><a name="toc-Displaying-Source" href="Source-Annotations.html#Source-Annotations">13 Displaying Source</a></li>
152  <li><a name="toc-Multi_002dthreaded-Applications" href="Multi_002dthreaded-Apps.html#Multi_002dthreaded-Apps">14 Multi-threaded Applications</a></li>
153  <li><a name="toc-GNU-Free-Documentation-License-1" href="GNU-Free-Documentation-License.html#GNU-Free-Documentation-License">Appendix A GNU Free Documentation License</a></li>
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