Re: [RFA] Testsuite addition for x86 linux GDB and SIGALRM fix

[Eli Zaretskii <eliz@is.elta.co.il>]

On Thu, 26 Jul 2001, Fernando Nasser wrote:

> "finish" is a source level command and source level commands should not
> leave you in the middle of source lines.

I think I could agree with the general principle, but the wording is 
probably somewhat ambiguous.  We could have 

> 
> Once finished the call it was in it should either:
> 1) stop at the beginning of the next source level instruction -- the one
> after the call (remember, it is a source level command)
> 2) stop after the prolog of a subroutine if there is another call in the
> same originating upper level source line.
> 
> 
> When the user issues a "step" on 'foo (bar ())' source line, he/she may
> want to enter either bar() or foo().  We cannot know that, so we must
> stop at each one and he/she can go to the next by issuing "finish",
> i.e., "finish _this_ subroutine".  When he/she doesn't want to stop
> anymore (i.e., bar() was the one they were interested into), a "next"
> can be used.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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