sid debugger interface extension: step out-of-range packet support

[Frank Ch. Eigler]

cagney wrote:

> [...]
> > A small amount of new code in sid/include and sid/component/gdb
> > now allows gdb's "step out-of-range" packet ('e'/'E') to work with
> > all sid-based simulator targets.  [...]
> 
> [...]  I wouldn't rely to much on that current packet and/or
> implementation.  A number of issues with it have been pointed out
> with it.  Suggest looking through the archives.

I did.  Are you referring to a thread other than this one:
<http://sources.redhat.com/ml/gdb/2001-02/msg00054.html> ?  I must
admit I don't see the severity of that problem -- it sounds like the
user experience may be a little jarring with multithreaded apps, but
not inconsistent or lossy.

- FChE