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Re: Stepping off breakpoints in non-stop debugging mode (resubmit)
> From: Pedro Alves <pedro@codesourcery.com>
> Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 23:09:52 +0100
>
> A Thursday 10 April 2008 21:00:04, Eli Zaretskii escreveu:
> > > From: Pedro Alves <pedro@codesourcery.com>
> > > Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:49:35 +0100
> > >
> > > How about this?
> > >
> > > @kindex maint set can-use-displaced-stepping
> > > @kindex maint show can-use-displaced-stepping
> > > @cindex displaced stepping support
> > > @item maint set can-use-displaced-stepping
> > > @itemx maint show can-use-displaced-stepping
> > > Control whether or not @value{GDBN} will do displaced stepping if the
> > > target supports it. The default is on. Displaced stepping is a way
> > > to single-step over breakpoints without removing them from the
> > > inferior, by executing an out-of-line copy of the instruction under
> > > the breakpoint. It is also known as out-of-line single-stepping.
> >
> > This is okay, but instead of ``under the breakpoint'' I'd suggest to
> > say ``at the breakpoint location''.
> >
>
> Not sure about that. There seems to be an ambiguity with the
> word "location", because depending on how you parse it, it can sound
> that's where the copy is being executed. Is it just me?
Then how about ``by executing an out-of-line copy of the instruction
that was originally at the breakpoint location''?