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Re: Is ``break main if(1)'' legal?


Andrew Cagney wrote:
> 
> (vs ``break main if (1)'')
> Some parts of the code (decode_line_1()) think it is legal but other
> parts (break_command_1()) don't.
> 

(1) is a perfectly valid logical expression of "true".  It makes no
sense setting a conditional breakpoint to always true, but rejecting the
expression as not valid is wrong.

What is break_command_1() complaining about?

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