From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 30721 invoked by alias); 26 Jan 2006 20:22:22 -0000 Received: (qmail 30713 invoked by uid 22791); 26 Jan 2006 20:22:22 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from nevyn.them.org (HELO nevyn.them.org) (66.93.172.17) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31.1) with ESMTP; Thu, 26 Jan 2006 20:22:20 +0000 Received: from drow by nevyn.them.org with local (Exim 4.54) id 1F2DdK-0004Bl-GR; Thu, 26 Jan 2006 15:22:18 -0500 Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 20:22:00 -0000 From: Daniel Jacobowitz To: NZG Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org, Jim Blandy Subject: Re: frame theory, was pointer madness Message-ID: <20060126202218.GA16063@nevyn.them.org> Mail-Followup-To: NZG , gdb-patches@sourceware.org, Jim Blandy References: <200601231438.26040.ngustavson@emacinc.com> <200601261354.12256.ngustavson@emacinc.com> <20060126195910.GA15398@nevyn.them.org> <200601261415.41732.ngustavson@emacinc.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200601261415.41732.ngustavson@emacinc.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2006-01/txt/msg00431.txt.bz2 On Thu, Jan 26, 2006 at 02:15:41PM -0600, NZG wrote: > On Thursday 26 January 2006 1:59 pm, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: > > It's important to use consistent terminology when talking about this. > > What do you mean by "highest"? > Largest integer number in the frames "level" element. > > > It's important to use consistent terminology > I agree, but it's been somewhat difficult to unravel the terminology so far. > There doesn't really seem to be any master document defining it. > I'm an EE, so if this is standard CS jargon please forgive me. > > inner refers to ->next > and outer refers to prev<- > > The farther in, the younger your function call. > > Is this right?; Yes, that's how we generally use the terms in GDB. -- Daniel Jacobowitz CodeSourcery