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Re: [RFA] parse_frame_specification (stack.c)
- To: Fernando Nasser <fnasser at redhat dot com>
- Subject: Re: [RFA] parse_frame_specification (stack.c)
- From: Andrew Cagney <ac131313 at cygnus dot com>
- Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2001 15:37:20 -0500
- Cc: David Taylor <taylor at cygnus dot com>, gdb-patches at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
- References: <200103051707.MAA01373@texas.cygnus.com> <3AA3CC5F.9FE84042@redhat.com>
Fernando Nasser wrote:
>
> David,
>
> The real problem here is that there is an ambiguity in this command
> argument specification. If a frame is specified as an address, it
> should be proceeded by a "*" as we do in the break command.
>
> It seems that problems like this have been encountered before. here is
> the comment in the code that refers to s similar situation:
See:
http://sources.redhat.com/gdb/onlinedocs/gdb_7.html#SEC43
I believe David is preserving documented behavour.
Andrew