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Re: [RFC/RFA] Wrong documentation for "&&var"?


> Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2008 22:55:24 -0800
> From: Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>
> 
> Paul noticed the following.
> 
> 2008-01-08  Paul Hilfinger  <hilfinger@adacore.com>
> 
>         * gdb.texinfo (C Operators): Remove incorrect parenthetical comment
>         about &&var, which is rejected by the expression parser.
> 
> Not knowing what was really meant at the implementation level, I'm not
> sure whether this is a parser implementation bug, or an error in the
> documentation. Paul thought that this was an error in the documentation
> so, assuming he is correct, I'm submitting this change on his behalf.
> 
> So, is this a parser bug or a documentation error?

The original text was there since the first version in CVS (in 1999),
so I'm inclined to think it's a bug in the parser.


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