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Bug 316048

Summary:	[expressions] Evaluating an expression in an unsupported format should return an error status.
Product:	[Tools] CDT	Reporter:	Pawel Piech <pawel.1.piech>
Component:	cdt-debug-dsf-gdb	Assignee:	Project Inbox <cdt-debug-dsf-gdb-inbox>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:	Jonah Graham <jonah>
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P3	CC:	pawel.1.piech
Version:	7.0
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Linux
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Description Pawel Piech

2010-06-07 15:01:34 EDT

This is an off shoot of bug 311564.  MIExpressions service returns a value string of "<error reading variable>" when a client requests a value of an invalid expression or a value in a format not supported by a given expression.  This can lead to the client throwing runtime exceptions due to an unexpected format of the expression.  Instead, service should return the error information in the request monitor status.