Re: breakpoint for accessing memory location

Eli Zaretskii
2006-10-22T22:16:24Z

> Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 11:11:04 +0200
> From: Erik Leunissen <e.leunissen@hccnet.nl>
>
> Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> >
> > Well, yes, but how far should we go in explaining the semantics of
> > programming languages? I mean, isn't it common knowledge that the
> > name of a variable stands for its value? When the manual says ``the
> > value of a variable'', what could the reader possibly think of except
> > the variable's name?
> >
>
> True, if C is the sole perspective. If so please disregard.

No, I meant any programming language supported by GDB. Are there any
that don't behave like described above?

> So, it depends on your background I suppose.

My background includes a few languages that behave differently, but
AFAIK none of them is supported by GDB.