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<h4 class="subsection">10.9.2 Pretty-Printer Example</h4>

<p>Here is how a C<tt>++</tt> <code>std::string</code> looks without a pretty-printer:

<pre class="smallexample">     (gdb) print s
     $1 = {
       static npos = 4294967295,
       _M_dataplus = {
         &lt;std::allocator&lt;char&gt;&gt; = {
           &lt;__gnu_cxx::new_allocator&lt;char&gt;&gt; = {
             &lt;No data fields&gt;}, &lt;No data fields&gt;
           },
         members of std::basic_string&lt;char, std::char_traits&lt;char&gt;,
           std::allocator&lt;char&gt; &gt;::_Alloc_hider:
         _M_p = 0x804a014 "abcd"
       }
     }
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   <p>With a pretty-printer for <code>std::string</code> only the contents are printed:

<pre class="smallexample">     (gdb) print s
     $2 = "abcd"
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