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Re: watchpoint on variable in function scope

> From: Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
> Cc: gdb <gdb@sourceware.org>
> Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2011 11:22:03 -0600
> 
> >>>>> "Niko" == Niko Sams <niko.sams@gmail.com> writes:
> 
> Niko> please have a look at the example code below.
> Niko> How can i set a watchpoint on i before starting the appliaction?
> Niko> it used to work with
> Niko> "watch foo::i"
> 
> When did this work?
> I tried 6.8 and 7.1 and neither worked.

I also think that it never worked.  You need to have the variable in
scope to be able to watch it.
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