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From: Andrew Cagney <ac131313@cygnus.com>
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Subject: Re: Request for new gdb command: 'info orientation'
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> Hi all
> 
> While writing a perl gui for gdb, I had to add a new command. It looks like this:
> 
> (gdb) info orientation main
> 0x00034960:753
> 0x00034b44:757
> 0x00034b48:761
> 0x00034b50:759
> 0x00034b54:761
> 0x00034b68:763
> 0x00034b70:772
> (gdb)
> 
> and associate addresses with line numbers. This information allow merging the disassemble with the sources without executing 'info line' command for each address, since the last took too long (the difference between O(n^2) to O(n)).
> (The command was also useful for analyzing patches and code changes.)
> 
> Is there an existing way of doing it? If not, will you consider adding this (or similar) command?

FYI, there is already an equivalent mechanism.  Please have a look at:

http://sources.redhat.com/gdb/current/onlinedocs/gdb_25.html#SEC283

Andrew