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Re: RFA: document raw/virtual stuff
> > + @item
> > + The x86 architecture supports an 80-bit floating-point type. If we're
> > + running GDB on a host that doesn't support 80-bit floats, we will
> > + convert those values to the largest floating-point type available on the
> > + host. Thus, the x86 80-bit floating-point type is the @dfn{raw}
> > + representation, and the host's largest floating-point type is the
> > + @dfn{virtual} representation.
>
> I think this paragraph should not use @dfn. You already used @dfn
> with these terms in a previous paragraph, where you first introduced
> these notions. IMHO, @dfn should appear only once for every term.
Yes, that's right. Thanks.
> > + @deftypefn {Target Macro} struct type *REGISTER_VIRTUAL_TYPE (int @var{reg})
>
> Don't you want to say "struct @var{type}..."?
I don't think so. It returns a pointer to a GDB `struct type'
object. The `type' doesn't vary --- it's literal text.