Re: [PATCH v3 4/4] gdb/doc: document '+' argument for 'list' command

Eli Zaretskii via Gdb-patches
2023-06-21T12:44:40Z

> Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2023 13:20:54 +0200
> Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
> From: Bruno Larsen <blarsen@redhat.com>
>
> On 21/06/2023 13:13, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> >> \"list .\" lists ten lines arond where the inferior is stopped.\n\
> >> +\"list +\" lists the ten lines following a previous ten-line listing.\n\
> >> \"list -\" lists the ten lines before a previous ten-line listing.\n\
> >> One argument specifies a line, and ten lines are listed around that line.\n\
> >> Two arguments with comma between specify starting and ending lines to list.\n\
> > This part is OK.
> >
> >> diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
> >> index e4e374d138c..f9c3c90e16a 100644
> >> --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
> >> +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
> >> @@ -9149,6 +9149,10 @@ Stack}), this prints lines centered around that line. If no
> >> @code{list} command has been used and no solitary line was printed,
> >> it prints the lines around the function @code{main}.
> >>
> >> +@item list +
> >> +Same as using with no arguments, but errors out if the line is
> >> +past the end of the file.
> > But here it looks like some copy/pasta error?
> >
> No, this is the main distinguishing feature between "list" and "list +",
> the latter will error out if it is past the end of the file, while the
> former won't.

But then these two descriptions of "list +" describe two
seemingly-different behaviors:

"list +" lists the ten lines following a previous ten-line listing.

vs

@item list +
Same as using with no arguments, but errors out if the line is
past the end of the file.

Or what am I missing?