[RFA] parse_frame_specification (stack.c)

Andrew Cagney ac131313@cygnus.com
Mon Mar 5 12:39:00 GMT 2001


Fernando Nasser wrote:
> 
> David,
> 
> The real problem here is that there is an ambiguity in this command
> argument specification.  If a frame is specified as an address, it
> should be proceeded by a "*" as we do in the break command.
> 
> It seems that problems like this have been encountered before.  here is
> the comment in the code that refers to s similar situation:

See:

http://sources.redhat.com/gdb/onlinedocs/gdb_7.html#SEC43

I believe David is preserving documented behavour.

	Andrew



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