Re: [RFC] disassemble-next-line

Eli Zaretskii
2009-03-09T19:41:24Z

> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>, Doug Evans <dje@google.com>,
> Pedro Alves <pedro@codesourcery.com>,
> Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org>,
> "gdb-patches\@sourceware.org" <gdb-patches@sourceware.org>
> From: Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
> Date: Mon, 09 Mar 2009 09:26:03 -0600
>
> teawater> +Show debugger's willingness to use disassemble-next-line."), _("\
> teawater> +If on, gdb will output the assembly codes of next line.\n\
>
> This also reads strangely, but I don't have a suggestion for what it
> ought to say. I think it should at least say when the assembly will
> be displayed. "assembly codes" in particular sounds odd to me.

How about

If ON, GDB will disassemble next source line.

> teawater> +If auto (which is the default), gdb will output a assembly code\n\
> teawater> +at current address if there is not line message."),
>
> "at the current address"
>
> The line message bit could use rewording as well; at least s/not/no/.

Right. FWIW, I don't even understand what a "line message" is.