Re: Bug#1196: \x is not available in the breakloop

[Karim Belabas <Karim.Belabas@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>]

* Bill Allombert [2012-02-02 22:14]:
> On Thu, May 05, 2011 at 01:21:19AM +0200, Karim Belabas wrote:
> > * Bill Allombert [2011-05-04 23:29]:
> > > \x does not work in the breakloop. This is unfortunate since this is
> > > mainly a debugging aid. Probably \x should be available as a regular
> > > GP function.
> > 
> >   install(dbgGEN, "vGD-1,L,");
> >   dbgGEN(blah)
> 
> I propose to add a GP function dbg_x, please see attached file.
> dbg_x is closer to GP \x and gdb x. 
> 
> Also I think the documentation of \x should be updated:
> 
> \subsec{\b{x}} Prints the complete tree with addresses and contents (in
> hexadecimal) of the \idx{internal representation} of the latest computed
> object in \kbd{gp}. As for \b{s}, this is used primarily as a debugging device for
> PARI, and the format should be self-explanatory (a $*$ before an object --
> typically a modulus -- means the corresponding component is out of stack).
> However, used on a PARI integer, it can be used as a
> decimal$\rightarrow$hexadecimal converter.
> 
> The part about $*$ does not seem valid anymore.

Commited to 'master'. I updated the documentation of \x.

Thanks for the patch !

    K.B.
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