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Re: [RFA] print error message if (auto) disassembly failed


> Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:57:35 -0700
> From: Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>
> Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
> 
> > OK, but your suggested message text is too long, I think.  Something
> > shorter, like "(address unreadable)" is better, IMO.
> 
> Frankly, I think this is overkill - even with the 64bit addresses
> the line was still less than 70 characters long. But I'm not going
> to argue. Here you go:
> 
>     (gdb) core core
>     warning: core file may not match specified executable file.
>     Core was generated by `./crash'.
>     Program terminated with signal 6, Aborted.
>     #0  0x00007fe6fe543307 in ?? ()
>     0x00007fe6fe543307:     (cannot read memory)

Fine with me, although "cannot read memory" is a bit more general,
English-wise, than the actual cause, which is that this specific
address is unreadable.


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