Document that the PATTERN argument to gdb_test is optional.

[deliverable/binutils-gdb.git] / gdb / testsuite / lib / gdb-utils.exp

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# Utility procedures, shared between test suite domains.

# A helper procedure to retrieve commands to send to GDB before a program
# is started.

proc gdb_init_commands {} {
    set commands ""
    if [target_info exists gdb_init_command] {
	lappend commands [target_info gdb_init_command]
    }
    if [target_info exists gdb_init_commands] {
	set commands [concat $commands [target_info gdb_init_commands]]
    }
    return $commands
}

# Given an input string, adds backslashes as needed to create a
# regexp that will match the string.

proc string_to_regexp {str} {
    set result $str
    regsub -all {[]*+.|()^$\[\\]} $str {\\&} result
    return $result
}