Re: [pushed v5] gdb/manual: Introduce location specs

Pedro Alves
2022-05-31T11:17:58Z

On 2022-05-30 17:15, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>>>> +register other than the program counter. If @var{locspec} resolves to
>>>> +an address in a different function from the one currently executing, the
>>>> +results may be bizarre if the two functions expect different patterns
>>>> +of arguments or of local variables. For this reason, the @code{jump}
>>>> +command requests confirmation if the specified line is not in the
>>>> +function currently executing. ^^^^
>>> "line" or "code location"?
>> I think it should say "jump address" here instead of "specified line", as this is
>> not about a line the user input in the spec, but rather what address the locspec
>> resolved to.
> So perhaps it's better to say "if @var{locapsec} resolves to an
> address that is not in the currently executing function".
>

Dunno, that just repeats the exact same text in previous sentence.
I think the current text says the same, and reads better for avoiding
the duplication.