Re: [RFA] 'set step-mode' to control the step command.

[Chris Faylor <cgf at redhat dot com>]

On Wed, Nov 08, 2000 at 02:05:48AM -0500, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2000 02:05:48 -0500 (EST)
>From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@delorie.com>
>To: cgf@redhat.com
>CC: gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com
>In-reply-to: <20001107165605.A12474@redhat.com> (message from Christopher
>	Faylor on Tue, 7 Nov 2000 16:56:05 -0500)
>Subject: Re: [RFA] 'set step-mode' to control the step command.
>Reply-to: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@is.elta.co.il>
>
>> Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 16:56:05 -0500
>> From: Christopher Faylor <cgf@redhat.com>
>> 
>> On Mon, Nov 06, 2000 at 05:03:32PM -0500, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>> >So, I will submit a revised patch with a enum'ized step_over_calls but keep
>> >the step_stop_if_no_debug, if that is ok.
>> 
>> And, here it is.  There were no regressions with this patch.
>> 
>> I haven't added a test suite entry for this but it is coming.
>> 
>> Is this ok?
>[snip]
>> Index: doc/gdb.texinfo
>> ===================================================================
>> RCS file: /cvs/uberbaum/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo,v
>
>The changes to the docs are approved, but please correct these minor
>problems:
>
>> +When stepping over functions, cause gdb to stop at the first instruction
>> +of a function which contains no debug line information.
>
>Please use "@value{GDBN}" instead of literal "gdb", everywhere in the
>new text.
>
>> +
>> +@itemx set step-mode off
>
>This should be @item, not @itemx.
>
>Also, @cindex entries about this would be nice, I think.  For example:
>
>  @cindex functions without line info, and stepping
>  @cindex stepping into functions with no line info
>
>Finally, wouldn't it be better to tell explicitly in what situation
>this feature is likely to be useful, and what would the user typically
>want to do when the debuggee stops in a function without debug info?
>I mean, I can guess the answers, but I'm not sure an average user
>would.

Ok.  I've made the above changes and added a sentence describing why
`set step-mode on' is useful.

Thanks.
cgf