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Subject: Re: info address "range"
From: Daniel Jacobowitz <daniel.jacobowitz@gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
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On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 10:58 PM, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
> Re this:
>
> =A0(gdb) frame 2
> =A0#2 =A00x0100ffda in compact_small_strings () at alloc.c:2271
> =A02271 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0abort ();
> =A0(gdb) info address from
> =A0Symbol "from" is multi-location:
> =A0 =A0Range 0x100f452-0x100f45c: a variable in $esi
>
> What exactly the "range xxxx-yyyy" mean? =A0There's nothing in the
> manual about this format. =A0Is that the range of PC values? =A0If so,
> then since the current frame address is not within those limits, it
> seems, and therefore the information is not helpful.
>
> Is there any way of knowing where will the variable be found for the
> current PC value?

Most likely this means that if the current pc is outside of those
limits, the variable is not available anywhere.

--=20
Thanks,
Daniel