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Diffstat (limited to 'src/cmd/acid/Notes')
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diff --git a/src/cmd/acid/Notes b/src/cmd/acid/Notes index 597bf58c..90cfc2a5 100644 --- a/src/cmd/acid/Notes +++ b/src/cmd/acid/Notes @@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ map() returns 5-tuples: (name, filename, base, end, offset) map() expects a 5-tuple too +new acid maps() prints maps nicely. + strace expects a list of register names and values like {"PC", *PC, "SP", *SP} @@ -41,6 +43,34 @@ new builtin deltextfile(file) removes a file from the set of open text files. both textfile and deltextfile update symbols. +new types: register is something that when dereferenced gives you + the registers. the Ureg is no longer mapped at 0. + refconst is something that gives a constant when dereferenced. + +new builtin register("AX") creates register values +new builtin refconst(0x123) creates refconst values + +new builtin var("foo") is equivalent to the variable foo + (it returns foo but can also be used as the lhs of an assignment). + +new acid function getregs() returns a list of the current values of registers. +new acid function setregs() sets the current registers to those values. + note that getregs and setregs operate on register locations, not the + register values themselves. +new acid function resetregs() sets registers to register("AX"), etc. +new acid function clearregs() sets all registers to constant -1. + +the default register settings are as in resetregs(), not small numbers. +the Ureg is not mapped at 0 anymore. + +new acid variables coretext, pids, systype, corefile, cmdline. + +new behavior: local variable lookup, stk, etc., use the acid values of registers + (*PC, *SP, and so on), so the thread support code can change the context + completely. + +unary + is applicable to more data types and prints more often. + ==== yet to be done: |