[RFA] 'set step-mode' to control the step command.

[Fernando Nasser]

Christopher Faylor wrote:
> 
> This patch is from a net contributor (assignment on file) who has added
> an interesting new feature.  To quote:
> 
> "Set mode of the step operation.  When set, doing a step on a function
> without debug line information will stop at the first instruction of
> that function.  Otherwise, the function is skipped and the step command
> stops at a different source line."
> 
> Does this look reasonable?
> 

I am not the maintainer of this part of the code, but I have been asked for
having step behave this way several times.  Not being the default it is a
good thing, as these users can set it on without changing the documented
behavior for the others.



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