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<h2 class="chapter">6 Frames</h2>
<p><em>Value Annotations have been removed. </em><span class="sc">gdb/mi</span><em> instead provides
a number of frame commands.</em>
<p><em>Frame annotations are no longer available. The </em><span class="sc">gdb/mi</span><em>
provides &lsquo;</em><samp><span class="samp">-stack-list-arguments</span></samp><em>&rsquo;, &lsquo;</em><samp><span class="samp">-stack-list-locals</span></samp><em>&rsquo;, and
&lsquo;</em><samp><span class="samp">-stack-list-frames</span></samp><em>&rsquo; commands.</em>
<p><a name="index-annotations-for-frames-21"></a>Whenever <span class="sc">gdb</span> prints a frame, it annotates it. For example, this applies
to frames printed when <span class="sc">gdb</span> stops, output from commands such as
<code>backtrace</code> or <code>up</code>, etc.
<p><a name="index-frame_002dbegin-22"></a>The frame annotation begins with
<pre class="smallexample"> ^Z^Zframe-begin <var>level</var> <var>address</var>
<var>level-string</var>
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<p class="noindent">where <var>level</var> is the number of the frame (0 is the innermost frame,
and other frames have positive numbers), <var>address</var> is the address of
the code executing in that frame, and <var>level-string</var> is a string
designed to convey the level to the user. <var>address</var> is in the form
&lsquo;<samp><span class="samp">0x</span></samp>&rsquo; followed by one or more lowercase hex digits (note that this
does not depend on the language). The frame ends with
<p><a name="index-frame_002dend-23"></a>
<pre class="smallexample"> ^Z^Zframe-end
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<p>Between these annotations is the main body of the frame, which can
consist of
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<li><a name="index-function_002dcall-24"></a>
<pre class="smallexample"> ^Z^Zfunction-call
<var>function-call-string</var>
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<p>where <var>function-call-string</var> is text designed to convey to the user
that this frame is associated with a function call made by <span class="sc">gdb</span> to a
function in the program being debugged.
<li><a name="index-signal_002dhandler_002dcaller-25"></a>
<pre class="smallexample"> ^Z^Zsignal-handler-caller
<var>signal-handler-caller-string</var>
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<p>where <var>signal-handler-caller-string</var> is text designed to convey to
the user that this frame is associated with whatever mechanism is used
by this operating system to call a signal handler (it is the frame which
calls the signal handler, not the frame for the signal handler itself).
<li>A normal frame.
<p><a name="index-frame_002daddress-26"></a><a name="index-frame_002daddress_002dend-27"></a>This can optionally (depending on whether this is thought of as
interesting information for the user to see) begin with
<pre class="smallexample"> ^Z^Zframe-address
<var>address</var>
^Z^Zframe-address-end
<var>separator-string</var>
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<p>where <var>address</var> is the address executing in the frame (the same
address as in the <code>frame-begin</code> annotation, but printed in a form
which is intended for user consumption&mdash;in particular, the syntax varies
depending on the language), and <var>separator-string</var> is a string
intended to separate this address from what follows for the user's
benefit.
<p><a name="index-frame_002dfunction_002dname-28"></a><a name="index-frame_002dargs-29"></a>Then comes
<pre class="smallexample"> ^Z^Zframe-function-name
<var>function-name</var>
^Z^Zframe-args
<var>arguments</var>
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<p>where <var>function-name</var> is the name of the function executing in the
frame, or &lsquo;<samp><span class="samp">??</span></samp>&rsquo; if not known, and <var>arguments</var> are the arguments
to the frame, with parentheses around them (each argument is annotated
individually as well, see <a href="Value-Annotations.html#Value-Annotations">Value Annotations</a>).
<p><a name="index-frame_002dsource_002dbegin-30"></a><a name="index-frame_002dsource_002dfile-31"></a><a name="index-frame_002dsource_002dfile_002dend-32"></a><a name="index-frame_002dsource_002dline-33"></a><a name="index-frame_002dsource_002dend-34"></a>If source information is available, a reference to it is then printed:
<pre class="smallexample"> ^Z^Zframe-source-begin
<var>source-intro-string</var>
^Z^Zframe-source-file
<var>filename</var>
^Z^Zframe-source-file-end
:
^Z^Zframe-source-line
<var>line-number</var>
^Z^Zframe-source-end
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<p>where <var>source-intro-string</var> separates for the user's benefit the
reference from the text which precedes it, <var>filename</var> is the name of
the source file, and <var>line-number</var> is the line number within that
file (the first line is line 1).
<p><a name="index-frame_002dwhere-35"></a>If <span class="sc">gdb</span> prints some information about where the frame is from (which
library, which load segment, etc.; currently only done on the RS/6000),
it is annotated with
<pre class="smallexample"> ^Z^Zframe-where
<var>information</var>
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<p>Then, if source is to actually be displayed for this frame (for example,
this is not true for output from the <code>backtrace</code> command), then a
<code>source</code> annotation (see <a href="Source-Annotations.html#Source-Annotations">Source Annotations</a>) is displayed. Unlike
most annotations, this is output instead of the normal text which would be
output, not in addition.
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