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Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 09:02:00 -0000
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC - doc] Add note about the possibility of symbols getting moved across blocks
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> Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:36:20 +0530
> From: Siva Chandra <sivachandra@google.com>
> 
>  A @code{gdb.Block} is iterable.  The iterator returns the symbols
> -(@pxref{Symbols In Python}) local to the block.
> +(@pxref{Symbols In Python}) local to the block.  Users using this
> +feature should keep in mind that future improvements to the internal
> +representation, of symbols and symbol tables, can move symbols across
> +blocks within a symbol table.

Thanks.  But I still don't see how the warning is useful.  What should
I do or not do if I want to avoid whatever dangers you warn me about?