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Re: Step outer function call

> Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:19:39 -0500
> From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org>
> Cc: gdb@sourceware.org
> 
> On Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 12:12:52PM -0800, William K. Foster wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I don't know much about the debug formats, but it seems to me that since  
> > the debugger knows what line number it is on in the source code, it  
> > should be able to locate the last function call on that line number and  
> > enter it for this hypothetical command that many people seem to want.
> >
> > Am I missing something?
> 
> Yes, generally we can't locate the last function call.

Can we locate all of them?  If so, perhaps we could (optionally)
display a menu of them and ask the user where she wants to step.
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