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Subject: Re: [rfc] ``pc'' -> resume_addr?
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Andrew Cagney wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> GDB, in a number of places, refers to the ``pc'' - PC_REGNUM, frame->pc,
>   read_pc(), write_pc(), ...
> 
> I think this name choice was unfortunate.  It is too easy for a
> developer to confuse ``pc'' with the hardware ``pc''.
> 
> With this in mind, I'd like to propose a GDBspeak ``resume_addr''.  It
> is the address of the first instruction that will be executed when the
> target resumes.

Under what circumstances is the address of the first instruction 
that will be executed different from the hardware pc?