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Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 07:05:00 -0000
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Forbid watchpoint on a constant value
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To: Sergio Durigan Junior <sergiodj@redhat.com>
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> From: Sergio Durigan Junior <sergiodj@redhat.com>
> Date: Thu, 20 May 2010 20:54:50 -0300
> Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org, Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
> 
> FWIW, I actually was thinking a little more about the subject, and I agree
> with your suggestion.  GDB may not forbid the user to do what he wants (even
> if that appears to be totally non-sense).  I think a warning message, in this
> case, is the best option indeed.

How about asking for confirmation

  Watch the constant value "5" (y or n)?