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Re: [obish?sym;rfa:doc] Wire up vsyscall
> Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 16:09:44 -0400
> From: Andrew Cagney <cagney@gnu.org>
>
> I think this is better ...
>
> @deftypefun void inferior_created (struct target_ops *@var{objfile}, int
> @var{from_tty})
> @value{GDBN} has just connected to an inferior. For @samp{run}, this
> observer is called while the inferior is still stopped at the
> entry-point instruction. For @samp{attach} and @samp{core}, this
> observer is called immediately after connecting to the inferior, and
> before any information on the inferior has been printed).
> @end deftypefun
Yes, much better.
Of course, following RMS's advice to avoid passive, "@value{GDBN}
calls this observer..." instead of "this observer is called..." would
be even better ;-)
> ... but the ``connecting to the inferior'' near the end is struggling a bit.
The only thing that bothers me is whether ``connecting'' is something
that the reader will instantly understand. Other than that, I don't
see any problems here.