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From: Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
To: Niko Sams <niko.sams@gmail.com>
Cc: gdb <gdb@sourceware.org>
Subject: Re: watchpoint on variable in function scope
References: <BANLkTi=Yr6oNKDWPQOMNHi=oz49Lor1fMg@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2011 17:22:00 -0000
In-Reply-To: <BANLkTi=Yr6oNKDWPQOMNHi=oz49Lor1fMg@mail.gmail.com> (Niko Sams's	message of "Wed, 1 Jun 2011 23:21:36 +0200")
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>>>>> "Niko" == Niko Sams <niko.sams@gmail.com> writes:

Niko> please have a look at the example code below.
Niko> How can i set a watchpoint on i before starting the appliaction?
Niko> it used to work with
Niko> "watch foo::i"

When did this work?
I tried 6.8 and 7.1 and neither worked.

Tom