From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 10411 invoked by alias); 6 Feb 2013 18:29:26 -0000 Received: (qmail 10385 invoked by uid 48); 6 Feb 2013 18:29:25 -0000 From: "tromey at redhat dot com" To: gdb-prs@sourceware.org Subject: [Bug symtab/15103] disassemble file:function should work Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2013 18:29:00 -0000 X-Bugzilla-Reason: CC X-Bugzilla-Type: changed X-Bugzilla-Watch-Reason: None X-Bugzilla-Product: gdb X-Bugzilla-Component: symtab X-Bugzilla-Keywords: X-Bugzilla-Severity: enhancement X-Bugzilla-Who: tromey at redhat dot com X-Bugzilla-Status: NEW X-Bugzilla-Priority: P2 X-Bugzilla-Assigned-To: unassigned at sourceware dot org X-Bugzilla-Target-Milestone: --- X-Bugzilla-Changed-Fields: Message-ID: In-Reply-To: References: X-Bugzilla-URL: http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/ Auto-Submitted: auto-generated Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Mailing-List: contact gdb-prs-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-prs-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2013-q1/txt/msg00202.txt.bz2 http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15103 --- Comment #4 from Tom Tromey 2013-02-06 18:29:23 UTC --- (In reply to comment #2) > Re: disassemble takes expressions, not linespecs. > > That's not really my point though, is it. I didn't know. I thought it was an actual question. > Let's take a step back. > How do I explain to a user that while, yes, s/he can set a breakpoint on > p-exp.y:parse_number, s/he cannot disassemble it (in any easy way). > I could be missing something of course. > > btw, somewhat related and somewhat tangential, I think we'll want to expand > expressions to take file names. > How do I (easily) print foo.c:baz instead of bar.c:baz from an arbitrary point > in the program? There's already an extension for this. Try: disassemble 'p-exp.y'::parse_number > But getting back to disassemble, > from a u/i perspective I can't rationalize the current behaviour. Linespecs might have been a better choice, but the choice has already been made. -- Configure bugmail: http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.