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Re: 64bit pointer
>>>>> "Jan" == Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com> writes:
Jan> Yes. Until GDB forbids dereferencing numeric arguments as `int *'
Jan> which IMHO is more confusing than convenient. [Would a patch be
Jan> approved?]
This behavior does seem strange to me.
GDB as a project seems to be somewhat conservative about changing things
like this, though. I don't think I could predict whether anybody would
object, you pretty much have to submit a patch and see who speaks up.
Tom