2002-11-11 Jeff Johnston <jjohnstn@redhat.com>

        * gdbmi.texinfo (-var-assign): Add comments about interaction
        with -var-update and add an example.  Part of fix for gdb/702.

2 files changed, 20 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/gdb/mi/ChangeLog b/gdb/mi/ChangeLog
index d84c87bc45..3a6af234fa 100644
--- a/gdb/mi/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/mi/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2002-11-11  Jeff Johnston  <jjohnstn@redhat.com>
+
+	* gdbmi.texinfo (-var-assign): Add comments about interaction
+	with -var-update and add an example.  Part of fix for gdb/702.
+
 2002-11-08  Jeff Johnston  <jjohnstn@redhat.com>
 
 	* mi-main.c (mi_command_loop): Initialize raw_stdout and gdb_stdout 
diff --git a/gdb/mi/gdbmi.texinfo b/gdb/mi/gdbmi.texinfo
index 164b1e823b..d64328c173 100644
--- a/gdb/mi/gdbmi.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/mi/gdbmi.texinfo
@@ -3799,7 +3799,21 @@ before the value of a child variable can be evaluated.
 @end example
 
 Assigns the value of @var{expression} to the variable object specified
-by @var{name}.  The object must be @samp{editable}.
+by @var{name}.  The object must be @samp{editable}.  If the variable's
+value is altered by the assign, the variable will show up in any 
+subsequent @code{-var-update} list.
+
+@subsubheading Example
+
+@example
+(@value{GDBP})
+-var-assign var1 3
+^done,value="3"
+(@value{GDBP})
+-var-update *
+^done,changelist=[@{name="var1",in_scope="true",type_changed="false"@}]
+(@value{GDBP})
+@end example
 
 @subheading The @code{-var-update} Command
 @findex -var-update