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Re: [RFC][patch] Allow to disassemble line.
On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 9:23 AM, Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org> wrote:
> I'd mildly prefer changing the behavior of GDB - but only if we can
> get an additional enhancement that I don't think we have yet: "*" at
> the PC...
That sounds good. I'll try to implement that.
On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 9:24 AM, Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com> wrote:
> My 2 cents: I *think* the intention of this setting was to display
> the next few instructions that are about to be executed.
Yes, but the context (a couple of instructions which have just executed)
is often important as well.
If 'set disassemble-next-line on' worked as Daniel proposed, that would
significantly reduce the need for 'disas/l', I think.
Thanks,
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Paul Pluzhnikov