From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 21312 invoked by alias); 22 Oct 2006 22:16:24 -0000 Received: (qmail 21304 invoked by uid 22791); 22 Oct 2006 22:16:24 -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 22:16:22 +0000 Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 (IGLD-84-228-212-131.inter.net.il [84.228.212.131]) by heller.inter.net.il (MOS 3.7.3a-GA) with ESMTP id AUB59876 (AUTH halo1); Sun, 22 Oct 2006 23:15:54 +0200 (IST) Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 22:16:00 -0000 Message-Id: From: Eli Zaretskii To: Erik Leunissen CC: gdb@sourceware.org In-reply-to: <453B35A8.30403@hccnet.nl> (message from Erik Leunissen on Sun, 22 Oct 2006 11:11:04 +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> <453B35A8.30403@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/msg00197.txt.bz2 > Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 11:11:04 +0200 > From: Erik Leunissen > > 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.