From: Pedro Alves <pedro@palves.net>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
Subject: Re: [pushed v5] gdb/manual: Introduce location specs
Date: Tue, 31 May 2022 12:17:43 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <fd291f2b-625a-1776-3b7b-240531f3230f@palves.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <837d63j8tx.fsf@gnu.org>
On 2022-05-30 17:15, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>>>> +register other than the program counter. If @var{locspec} resolves to
>>>> +an address in a different function from the one currently executing, the
>>>> +results may be bizarre if the two functions expect different patterns
>>>> +of arguments or of local variables. For this reason, the @code{jump}
>>>> +command requests confirmation if the specified line is not in the
>>>> +function currently executing. ^^^^
>>> "line" or "code location"?
>> I think it should say "jump address" here instead of "specified line", as this is
>> not about a line the user input in the spec, but rather what address the locspec
>> resolved to.
> So perhaps it's better to say "if @var{locapsec} resolves to an
> address that is not in the currently executing function".
>
Dunno, that just repeats the exact same text in previous sentence.
I think the current text says the same, and reads better for avoiding
the duplication.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-05-31 11:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 43+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-05-26 19:42 [PATCH v4] " Pedro Alves
2022-05-27 14:16 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-05-27 15:04 ` Pedro Alves
2022-05-27 15:52 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-05-27 17:11 ` Pedro Alves
2022-05-27 17:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-05-27 17:51 ` Pedro Alves
2022-05-27 18:23 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-05-27 18:42 ` Pedro Alves
2022-05-27 18:50 ` Pedro Alves
2022-05-27 19:00 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-05-27 19:30 ` Pedro Alves
2022-05-28 7:43 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-05-30 14:38 ` Pedro Alves
2022-05-27 18:55 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-05-27 19:05 ` Pedro Alves
2022-05-27 19:14 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-05-27 19:17 ` Pedro Alves
2022-05-27 19:34 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-05-27 19:38 ` Pedro Alves
2022-05-28 7:39 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-05-30 14:44 ` [pushed v5] " Pedro Alves
2022-05-30 16:15 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-05-31 11:05 ` [PATCH] Improve clear command's documentation Pedro Alves
2022-05-31 12:36 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-05-31 13:04 ` Pedro Alves
2022-05-31 13:42 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-05-31 14:47 ` Pedro Alves
2022-05-31 16:06 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-05-31 11:13 ` [PATCH] Explicitly mention yet-unloaded shared libraries in location spec examples Pedro Alves
2022-05-31 11:47 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-05-31 11:17 ` Pedro Alves [this message]
2022-05-31 11:31 ` [PATCH] Improve break-range's documentation Pedro Alves
2022-05-31 11:55 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-05-31 12:03 ` Pedro Alves
2022-05-31 12:09 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-06-01 17:17 ` RTe: Location Specs (Was: [pushed v5] gdb/manual: Introduce location specs) Eli Zaretskii
2022-06-02 11:10 ` Pedro Alves
2022-06-02 11:49 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-06-02 12:40 ` Pedro Alves
2022-06-02 12:56 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-06-02 13:44 ` Pedro Alves
2022-06-02 16:37 ` Eli Zaretskii
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