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Re: RFA: document raw/virtual stuff
> + @section Using Different Register and Memory Data Representations
> +
> + Some architectures use one representation for a value when it lives in a
> + register, but use a different representation when it lives in memory.
> + In GDB's terminology, the @dfn{raw} representation is the one used in
> + the target registers, and the @dfn{virtual} representation is the one
> + used in memory, and within GDB @code{struct value} objects.
I suggest these index entries for the above paragraph:
@cindex raw representation
@cindex virtual representation
@cindex @code{struct value}, raw and virtual representation