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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:
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<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 &quot;abcd&quot;
  }
}
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<p>With a pretty-printer for <code>std::string</code> only the contents are printed:
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<pre class="smallexample">(gdb) print s
$2 = &quot;abcd&quot;
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