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71<h4 class="subsection">15.1.1 List of Filename Extensions and Languages</h4>
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73<p>If a source file name ends in one of the following extensions, then
74<small>GDB</small> infers that its language is the one indicated.
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77<dt><samp>.ada</samp></dt>
78<dt><samp>.ads</samp></dt>
79<dt><samp>.adb</samp></dt>
80<dt><samp>.a</samp></dt>
81<dd><p>Ada source file.
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83</dd>
84<dt><samp>.c</samp></dt>
85<dd><p>C source file
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87</dd>
88<dt><samp>.C</samp></dt>
89<dt><samp>.cc</samp></dt>
90<dt><samp>.cp</samp></dt>
91<dt><samp>.cpp</samp></dt>
92<dt><samp>.cxx</samp></dt>
93<dt><samp>.c++</samp></dt>
94<dd><p>C<tt>++</tt> source file
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97<dt><samp>.d</samp></dt>
98<dd><p>D source file
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100</dd>
101<dt><samp>.m</samp></dt>
102<dd><p>Objective-C source file
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105<dt><samp>.f</samp></dt>
106<dt><samp>.F</samp></dt>
107<dd><p>Fortran source file
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110<dt><samp>.mod</samp></dt>
111<dd><p>Modula-2 source file
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114<dt><samp>.s</samp></dt>
115<dt><samp>.S</samp></dt>
116<dd><p>Assembler source file.  This actually behaves almost like C, but
117<small>GDB</small> does not skip over function prologues when stepping.
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121<p>In addition, you may set the language associated with a filename
122extension.  See <a href="Show.html#Show">Displaying the Language</a>.
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