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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
To: Hui Zhu <teawater@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [Question] does GDB have a commands to get the end address of a function?
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Hui Zhu <teawater@gmail.com> writes:

> Does GDB have an command to output the end address of a function?

The end address of a function is not well defined (and neither is the
beginning address of a function).  It is perfectly valid for two
functions to be interleaved in some way, or having their code spread out
in non-contiguous regions.

Andreas.

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