[Bug gdb/16930] New: find command end_address confusion, plus error message could be clearer

[Bug gdb/16930] New: find command end_address confusion, plus error message could be clearer

[dje at google dot com]

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16930

            Bug ID: 16930
           Summary: find command end_address confusion, plus error message
                    could be clearer
           Product: gdb
           Version: HEAD
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: gdb
          Assignee: unassigned at sourceware dot org
          Reporter: dje at google dot com

The help text for the find command doesn't say whether the end address for the
find command is included in the range.  IOW, is the range [start,end] or
[start,end)?  It's [start,end], the help text should make this clear.

Plus, evidently (reported on IRC), if one thinks it's [start,end), and end is
inaccessible memory then the error message says "unable to access target
memory", but it's not straightforward for the user to see what the problem is
since the start address is clearly correct.  Can the error message report the
attempted range?

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[Bug gdb/16930] find command end_address confusion, plus error message could be clearer

[tromey at sourceware dot org]

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16930

Tom Tromey <tromey at sourceware dot org> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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           Assignee|unassigned at sourceware dot org   |tromey at sourceware dot org
                 CC|                            |tromey at sourceware dot org

--- Comment #1 from Tom Tromey <tromey at sourceware dot org> ---
The address and range are printed now.
I have a patch to update the help text.

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[Bug gdb/16930] find command end_address confusion, plus error message could be clearer

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https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16930

--- Comment #2 from cvs-commit at gcc dot gnu.org <cvs-commit at gcc dot gnu.org> ---
The master branch has been updated by Tom Tromey <tromey@sourceware.org>:

https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=3a135a918614676f3d5b6297714dfa235af3d59d

commit 3a135a918614676f3d5b6297714dfa235af3d59d
Author: Tom Tromey <tromey@adacore.com>
Date:   Wed Oct 7 12:07:55 2020 -0600

    Document inclusive range in help for "find"

    PR gdb/16930 points out that the "find" command uses an inclusive
    range; but this is not documented in the "help".  This patch updates
    the help text.

    gdb/ChangeLog
    2020-10-07  Tom Tromey  <tromey@adacore.com>

            PR gdb/16930:
            * findcmd.c (_initialize_mem_search): Mention that the range is
            inclusive.

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[Bug gdb/16930] find command end_address confusion, plus error message could be clearer

[tromey at sourceware dot org]

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16930

Tom Tromey <tromey at sourceware dot org> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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         Resolution|---                         |FIXED
             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED

--- Comment #3 from Tom Tromey <tromey at sourceware dot org> ---
Fixed in 11.

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[Bug gdb/16930] find command end_address confusion, plus error message could be clearer

[tromey at sourceware dot org]

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16930

Tom Tromey <tromey at sourceware dot org> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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   Target Milestone|---                         |11.1

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