From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 25678 invoked by alias); 22 Oct 2006 04:20:31 -0000 Received: (qmail 25669 invoked by uid 22791); 22 Oct 2006 04:20:29 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from heller.inter.net.il (HELO heller.inter.net.il) (192.114.186.73) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Sun, 22 Oct 2006 04:20:28 +0000 Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 (IGLD-84-229-208-92.inter.net.il [84.229.208.92]) by heller.inter.net.il (MOS 3.7.3a-GA) with ESMTP id ATW92841 (AUTH halo1); Sun, 22 Oct 2006 05:20:09 +0200 (IST) Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 04:20:00 -0000 Message-Id: From: Eli Zaretskii To: Erik Leunissen CC: gdb@sourceware.org In-reply-to: <453A9EE4.1070800@hccnet.nl> (message from Erik Leunissen on Sun, 22 Oct 2006 00:27:48 +0200) Subject: Re: breakpoint for accessing memory location Reply-to: Eli Zaretskii References: <4537DBC6.1030807@hccnet.nl> <20061019201214.GA32332@nevyn.them.org> <4537DEDC.5000008@hccnet.nl> <4538FF9D.9070803@hccnet.nl> <453A9EE4.1070800@hccnet.nl> X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2006-10/txt/msg00188.txt.bz2 > Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 00:27:48 +0200 > From: Erik Leunissen > 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?