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Re: symbol with in disassembly window
- From: Keith Seitz <keiths at redhat dot com>
- To: Duane Ellis <duane_ellis at franklin dot com>
- Cc: <insight at sourceware dot cygnus dot com>
- Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 14:12:27 -0800 (PST)
- Subject: Re: symbol with in disassembly window
On Fri, 4 Jan 2002, Duane Ellis wrote:
>
> keiths> since this problem also presumably exists in gdb (right?).
>
> Most certianly, however there are times when
>
> A) you want the fully un-ambigious name (Even though it is 100+ chars
> long) and thus I too am hestitant to change perminately.
>
> B) There are times though when a prefix or abeviated version is
> enough, ie:
>
> someFunc(int,int,int,int,int ....:
>
Yes, but either way, gdb's "disassemble" command suffers the same problems
and would benefit equally by such a change.
> It seems that the gdb core function:
>
> print_address_symbolic()
That was my thought, as well. This function is not under my control,
though. You'll have to discuss changing it with the gdb folks.
I am not disagreeing that the change would be good. I'm just disagreeing
with changing it in insight alone. I think the proper place to do this (as
you've pointed out) is in "core" gdb.
Keith