Bug 7349 - RFE: Can't refer to previous watchpoint value in condition
Summary: RFE: Can't refer to previous watchpoint value in condition
Status: ASSIGNED
Alias: None
Product: gdb
Classification: Unclassified
Component: breakpoints (show other bugs)
Version: unknown
: P3 enhancement
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: 29480 (view as bug list)
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Reported: 2001-11-16 19:38 UTC by Alex Oliva
Modified: 2024-07-31 10:24 UTC (History)
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Description Alex Oliva 2001-11-17 03:38:01 UTC 
[Converted from Gnats 244]

It woudl be very nice if we could reference the current and previous values of a watchpoint in the watchpoint condition.  Say:

watch *bitmask_ptr
cond # ($ ^ $$) & 1

this would only stop if bit 0 changed in the bitmask.

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Comment 2 Tom de Vries 2024-07-31 10:24:41 UTC 
*** Bug 29480 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***