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Re: process().statement() doesn't seem to work
- From: fche at redhat dot com (Frank Ch. Eigler)
- To: Josh Stone <jistone at redhat dot com>
- Cc: Zoltan Kiss <zoltan dot kiss at linaro dot org>, systemtap at sourceware dot org
- Date: Thu, 09 Jul 2015 10:50:01 -0400
- Subject: Re: process().statement() doesn't seem to work
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- References: <558DA0E3 dot 9060904 at linaro dot org> <5591D73E dot 3010309 at redhat dot com>
jistone wrote:
> [...] The behavior of .return variables is often suprising to
> people. [...] But we cheat a little and also save values from the
> *entry* of the function for you. That's most useful for the $$parms
> string or any of the individual parameters. [...]
Should we deprecate this behavior, now that the superceding @entry()
construct is itself quite old?
- FChE