Re: Stepping off breakpoints in non-stop debugging mode (resubmit)

[Eli Zaretskii <eliz at gnu dot org>]

> From: Pedro Alves <pedro@codesourcery.com>
> Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 23:09:52 +0100
> 
> A Thursday 10 April 2008 21:00:04, Eli Zaretskii escreveu:
> > > From: Pedro Alves <pedro@codesourcery.com>
> > > Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:49:35 +0100
> > >
> > > How about this?
> > >
> > > @kindex maint set can-use-displaced-stepping
> > > @kindex maint show can-use-displaced-stepping
> > > @cindex displaced stepping support
> > > @item maint set can-use-displaced-stepping
> > > @itemx maint show can-use-displaced-stepping
> > > Control whether or not @value{GDBN} will do displaced stepping if the
> > > target supports it.  The default is on.  Displaced stepping is a way
> > > to single-step over breakpoints without removing them from the
> > > inferior, by executing an out-of-line copy of the instruction under
> > > the breakpoint.  It is also known as out-of-line single-stepping.
> >
> > This is okay, but instead of ``under the breakpoint'' I'd suggest to
> > say ``at the breakpoint location''.
> >
> 
> Not sure about that.  There seems to be an ambiguity with the
> word "location", because depending on how you parse it, it can sound
> that's where the copy is being executed.  Is it just me?

Then how about ``by executing an out-of-line copy of the instruction
that was originally at the breakpoint location''?