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Re: [commit] Doc: -var-delete
- From: Nick Roberts <nickrob at snap dot net dot nz>
- To: gdb-patches at sources dot redhat dot com
- Cc: Vladimir Prus <vladimir at codesourcery dot com>
- Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 23:24:22 +1300
- Subject: Re: [commit] Doc: -var-delete
> > @smallexample
> > ! Â-var-delete [ -c ] @var{name}
> > @end smallexample
> >
> > Deletes a previously created variable object and all of its children.
> > + With the @samp{-c} option, just deletes the children.
> Should this be "deletes just the children"? Or "deletes only the children"?
> The way it's written now "just" binds to "deletes", so one wonders if
> there's "just delete" behaviour and "not just delete" behaviour and what
> the latter might be.
If it were a legal contract, I think you may have found a loophole. For
general reading though, I think the second sentence is unambiguous in the
context of the first. However I don't mind if someone wants to change it.
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Nick http://www.inet.net.nz/~nickrob