From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Erik Leunissen <e.leunissen@hccnet.nl>
Cc: gdb@sourceware.org
Subject: Re: breakpoint for accessing memory location
Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 04:20:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <u7iytoubb.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <453A9EE4.1070800@hccnet.nl> (message from Erik Leunissen on Sun, 22 Oct 2006 00:27:48 +0200)
> Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 00:27:48 +0200
> From: Erik Leunissen <e.leunissen@hccnet.nl>
> CC: gdb@sourceware.org
> > +when the value of an expression changes. The expression may be a value
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > +of a variable, or it could involve values of one or more variables
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> We watch for a change in the value of the variable, OK. However the
> corresponding expression for that case simply holds the *name* of the
> variable, doesn't it?
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?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-10-22 4:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 51+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-10-19 20:10 Erik Leunissen
2006-10-19 20:12 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2006-10-19 20:24 ` Erik Leunissen
2006-10-19 20:25 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2006-10-19 20:28 ` Erik Leunissen
2006-10-20 6:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-10-20 14:27 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2006-10-21 13:20 ` [commit] Fix annotations-related index entries (was: breakpoint for accessing memory location) Eli Zaretskii
2006-10-20 16:56 ` breakpoint for accessing memory location Erik Leunissen
2006-10-20 17:39 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-10-21 12:58 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-10-21 22:28 ` Erik Leunissen
2006-10-22 4:20 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2006-10-22 9:11 ` Erik Leunissen
2006-10-22 9:19 ` Erik Leunissen
2006-10-22 22:16 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-10-23 7:41 ` Erik Leunissen
2006-10-21 15:06 ` Rodney M. Bates
2006-10-21 15:27 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2006-10-21 15:29 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-10-21 15:51 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2006-10-21 21:26 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-10-21 22:32 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2006-10-22 4:18 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-10-22 4:22 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2006-10-22 12:18 ` Robert Dewar
2006-10-22 22:18 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-10-22 22:21 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2006-10-22 22:29 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-10-22 22:49 ` Robert Dewar
2006-10-22 23:18 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2006-10-23 2:03 ` Robert Dewar
2006-10-23 4:11 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-10-23 12:36 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2006-10-22 22:48 ` Robert Dewar
2006-10-22 22:51 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-10-22 22:55 ` Robert Dewar
2006-10-23 4:10 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-10-22 20:40 ` Mark Kettenis
2006-10-21 18:07 ` Rodney M. Bates
2006-10-21 21:42 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-10-21 18:55 ` Rodney M. Bates
2006-10-21 21:53 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-10-22 15:20 ` Rodney M. Bates
2006-10-22 17:24 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2006-10-22 22:22 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-10-23 22:02 ` Jim Blandy
2006-10-24 4:32 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-10-24 12:57 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2006-10-24 17:37 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-10-24 17:41 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
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