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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>
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In-reply-to: <20080112160233.GF9143@adacore.com> (message from Joel Brobecker 	on Sat, 12 Jan 2008 08:02:33 -0800)
Subject: Re: [RFC/RFA?] Should break FILE:LINENO skip prologue?
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> Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 08:02:33 -0800
> From: Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>
> Cc: Mark Kettenis <mark.kettenis@xs4all.nl>, gdb-patches@sourceware.org
> 
> So, in C, *FUNCTION is the first instruction of our function. However,
> in Ada, calls to parameterless function are made by just using the name
> of that function. For instance:
> 
>         A := Get_A;
> 
> So the, when you say "break *FUNCTION", then GDB will first call
> FUNCTION, and break at the value returned by that function. So you
> have to use "break *FUNCTION'Address", or more simply "break 
> *&FUNCTION" should work.

Sorry, I'm not sure I follow: are you saying that "break *Get_A" will
not work when you debug an Ada program?