Re: Ping: frozen variable objects

Nick Roberts
2007-04-15T12:03:35Z

> > It does to me because the first refers to the destination (the entry for
> > -var-update), while the second is just the name of the anchor which is not
> > visible to the reader.
>
> It is visible to the reader -- both in printed documented and in info (as
> viewed by 'info' command).

The *anchor* isn't visible. Well I can't see it.

> > Info in Emacs reflects the importance of the first
> > argument by just displaying:
> >
> > (*note -var-update.)
> >
> > Currently Emacs displays:
> >
> > (*note -var-update-fields.)
> >
> > but there is no such (visible) location.
>
> Should we really cater to the way Emacs displays something?

Yes. GDB and Emacs are both part of the GNU Project, and it makes sense to
integrate tools, in any case.

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