Need a command/AF interfaces to the interpret_ptr_ subroutine. (MCR10031)

[Gary Dixon <gary.c.dixon@…>]

The interpret_ptr_ subroutine does an excellent job of looking up entry point name in bound object segments, and displaying information about them. For example, given 243|3734, it returns information about process_overseer_$mme2_fault_handler_; most other pointer interpretations return info about >sss>bound_process_init_|3734.

I propose a simple command/af called interpret_ptr (iptr).

Syntax as a command: iptr virtual_ptr [-all | -a]

Syntax as an active function: [iptr virtual_ptr]

The command/AF would return the most likely interpretation for the pointer. The command with -all option would add to this interpretation information for all relevant fields of structure returned by interpret_ptr_ subroutine (see >ldd>incl>interpret_ptr_struc.incl.pl1).

[Gary Dixon]

For details of this repair, see: ​http://swenson.org/multics_wiki/downloads/doc/MCR10031.pdf