`chain-frame'
Andrew Cagney
ac131313@redhat.com
Fri Jan 10 15:47:00 GMT 2003
>> This unwinds to the ``inner most frame''. Instead of calling
>> create_new_frame(), get_current_frame() creates this frame and then
>> unwinds it.
>
>
> Oh, er. Right, I should have understood that by now. Thank you.
If I was ever granted a wish allowing me to change one (pair) of gdb
commands, up/down would be it.
>> Oops, yes. Just:
>>
>> chain-frame:
>>
>> though I think.
>
>
> This'll require playing around with my vocabulary a little to get used
> to it, but I can buy it. The general action is "unwinding"; looking
> for the "chain" is one mechanism. I like it.
Er, actually, I've, hopefully, got a beter idea:
extras-frame
It reflects how the original frame code would use INIT_EXTRA_FRAME_INFO
during initialization.
Thing is, the phrase `frame chain' is just too useful when describing
the [er] frame chain (all the frames strung together).
Andrew
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