# HG changeset patch
# User Nick Roberts <nickrob@snap.net.nz>
# Date 1167973499 0
# Node ID 498060b73afc2d0b7b3253c6c2767f76e81d1197
# Parent  2fe9561155007523f5d3f0bd849a9220c5dea8b9
(Watch Expressions): Describe gdb-max-children.

diff -r 2fe956115500 -r 498060b73afc man/building.texi
--- a/man/building.texi	Fri Jan 05 05:04:16 2007 +0000
+++ b/man/building.texi	Fri Jan 05 05:04:59 2007 +0000
@@ -1099,8 +1099,11 @@
 also display the frame address as a tooltip to help identify the frame
 in which they were defined.
 
-  To expand or contract a complex data type, click @kbd{Mouse-2}
-or press @key{SPC} on the tag to the left of the expression.
+  To expand or contract a complex data type, click @kbd{Mouse-2} or
+press @key{SPC} on the tag to the left of the expression.  Emacs asks
+for confirmation before expanding the expression if its number of
+immediate children exceeds the value of the variable
+@code{gdb-max-children}.
 
 @kindex D @r{(GDB speedbar)}
 @findex gdb-var-delete