* typeprint.c (_initialize_typeprint): Extend the help of "whatis" and
	"ptype" by their typedefs difference.

gdb/testsuite/
	* gdb.base/help.exp (help whatis): Update the expected string.
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2011-07-27 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
* typeprint.c (_initialize_typeprint): Extend the help of "whatis" and
"ptype" by their typedefs difference.
2011-07-27 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
* dwarf2expr.c (ctx_no_read_reg): New function.

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2011-07-27 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
* gdb.base/help.exp (help whatis): Update the expected string.
2011-07-27 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
* gdb.dwarf2/dw2-simple-locdesc.S: New file.

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# test help watch
gdb_test "help watch" "Set a watchpoint for an expression\.\[\r\n\]+Usage: watch .-l.-location. EXPRESSION\[\r\n\]+A watchpoint stops execution of your program whenever the value of\[\r\n\]+an expression changes\.\[\r\n\]+If -l or -location is given, this evaluates EXPRESSION and watches\[\r\n\]+the memory to which it refers\." "help watch"
# test help whatis
gdb_test "help whatis" "Print data type of expression EXP\." "help whatis"
gdb_test "help whatis" "Print data type of expression EXP\.\r\nOnly one level .*" "help whatis"
# test help where
gdb_test "help where" "Print backtrace of all stack frames, or innermost COUNT frames\.\[\r\n\]+With a negative argument, print outermost -COUNT frames\.\[\r\n\]+Use of the 'full' qualifier also prints the values of the local variables\." "help where"
# test help x

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Print definition of type TYPE.\n\
Argument may be a type name defined by typedef, or \"struct STRUCT-TAG\"\n\
or \"class CLASS-NAME\" or \"union UNION-TAG\" or \"enum ENUM-TAG\".\n\
The selected stack frame's lexical context is used to look up the name."));
The selected stack frame's lexical context is used to look up the name.\n\
Contrary to \"whatis\", \"ptype\" always unrolls any typedefs."));
add_com ("whatis", class_vars, whatis_command,
_("Print data type of expression EXP."));
_("Print data type of expression EXP.\n\
Only one level of typedefs is unrolled. See also \"ptype\"."));
}