[RFA v3] enable/disable sub breakpoint range
Eli Zaretskii
eliz@gnu.org
Tue Oct 3 16:34:00 GMT 2017
> Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
> From: Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
> Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2017 17:02:17 +0100
>
> > What if I have, in addition to the 1.1-1.5 breakpoints also
> > breakpoints 4, 5, and 6 -- how do I disable 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 4, and 5?
> > Do I have to say something like "disable 1.3-5.0"?
>
> I hope not. Supposedly you could do it with:
>
> (gdb) delete 1.3 1.4 1.5 4 5
This basically means I need to give up the ranges? Too bad.
> I'm wondering whether it wouldn't be better to expand this section
> of the manual:
>
> @cindex breakpoint ranges
> @cindex breakpoint lists
> @cindex ranges of breakpoints
> @cindex lists of breakpoints
> Some @value{GDBN} commands accept a space-separated list of breakpoints
> on which to operate. A list element can be either a single breakpoint number,
> like @samp{5}, or a range of such numbers, like @samp{5-7}.
> When a breakpoint list is given to a command, all breakpoints in that list
> are operated on.
Yes, I think so. With a cross-reference to the "Set Breaks" section,
where the .loc thing is explained.
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