From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 11182 invoked by alias); 8 Jan 2008 20:31:56 -0000 Received: (qmail 11172 invoked by uid 22791); 8 Jan 2008 20:31:55 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from heller.inter.net.il (HELO heller.inter.net.il) (213.8.233.23) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Tue, 08 Jan 2008 20:31:36 +0000 Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 (IGLD-84-228-239-211.inter.net.il [84.228.239.211]) by heller.inter.net.il (MOS 3.7.3a-GA) with ESMTP id EPB60819 (AUTH halo1); Tue, 8 Jan 2008 22:31:28 +0200 (IST) Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2008 20:31:00 -0000 Message-Id: From: Eli Zaretskii To: Joel Brobecker CC: gdb-patches@sourceware.org In-reply-to: <20080108065524.GA24614@adacore.com> (message from Joel Brobecker on Mon, 7 Jan 2008 22:55:24 -0800) Subject: Re: [RFC/RFA] Wrong documentation for "&&var"? Reply-to: Eli Zaretskii References: <20080108065524.GA24614@adacore.com> X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2008-01/txt/msg00159.txt.bz2 > Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2008 22:55:24 -0800 > From: Joel Brobecker > > Paul noticed the following. > > 2008-01-08 Paul Hilfinger > > * gdb.texinfo (C Operators): Remove incorrect parenthetical comment > about &&var, which is rejected by the expression parser. > > Not knowing what was really meant at the implementation level, I'm not > sure whether this is a parser implementation bug, or an error in the > documentation. Paul thought that this was an error in the documentation > so, assuming he is correct, I'm submitting this change on his behalf. > > So, is this a parser bug or a documentation error? The original text was there since the first version in CVS (in 1999), so I'm inclined to think it's a bug in the parser.