Re: [RFC][patch] Allow to disassemble line.

[Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>]

> Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2009 09:24:45 -0700
> From: Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>
> Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
> 
> > Does anybody have an opinion on whether the implementation should be
> > changed to match the manual, or vice versa?
> 
> My 2 cents: I *think* the intention of this setting was to display
> the next few instructions that are about to be executed.  That's the way
> I personally would like this feature to work as I'd be able to identify
> immediately which instruction is next.  So my vote goes towards updating
> the manual to match the current implementation.

If the current implementation is what we want (and I personally don't
have an opinion either way), then I don't think the subtle difference
is important enough to update the manual.  The described behavior is
what most users will see almost all the time; accurately describing
the subtlety of this when you crash will most probably be so confusing
that it is not worth doing.