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Re: [PATCH:doc] GDB/MI attribute names

Eli Zaretskii wrote:

>> From:  Vladimir Prus <vladimir@codesourcery.com>
>> Date:  Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:34:28 +0400
>> 
>> 'variable' *is* a sequence.
> 
> Let's not start an argument about the differences between a thing, its
> name, and a specification of the name ;-)
> 
> Can you suggest an alternative that doesn't use terminology which
> could be unknown to the reader?

I have already suggested:

        string ==> 
        """ ( letter | digit | "_" ) * """

This at least uses a terminology that is already used in the 
manual.

- Volodya
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