Re: [RFC] breakpoints and function prologues...

[Andrew Cagney <ac131313 at ges dot redhat dot com>]

> Andrew Cagney wrote:
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> >
> > >
> > > Most users I have talked to think that setting a break on the "{" at the beginning of a function means the same thing as setting a breakpoint on the function.  But that is not the case.   "break funcName" is AFTER the prologue, "break file:<line containing "{"> is the true function beginning.
> > Don't forget that ``break func'' is is going to change.  It's going to
> > go back to the start of the function!
>
> ???
> Since when?
When an architecture enables CFI.  CFI removes any technical reason for 
skipping the prologue (what break foo does'') -- CFI allows you to find 
the value of registers and variables at any point in the code.

Of course,we could always leave ``break foo''.

Andrew