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Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2012 14:48:00 -0000
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: [RFA 5/5] Explicit linespecs - documentation
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To: Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
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> Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2012 11:20:54 +0100
> From: Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
> CC: Keith Seitz <keiths@redhat.com>, gdb-patches@sourceware.org
> 
> On 07/27/2012 12:23 PM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > This is too implementation oriented, and thus not really appropriate
> > for the user manual.  The text should:
> > 
> >   . explain what is an explicit spec, in a way that clarifies why it
> >     is called "explicit" (so that users could make a mental note of
> >     that, which will facilitate remembering the terminology);
> 
> Or maybe (shocking suggestion follows), not even calling
> "explicit linespecs" "linespecs" at all.  IOW, you either use linespecs,
> or explicit locations.

Not shocking at all, at least not for me.  I could go with "explicit
locations".  We still need to say at least something to explain what's
the "explicit" part doing there.