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Re: Frame handling

From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at mvista dot com>
To: gdb at sources dot redhat dot com
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 08:45:35 -0400
Subject: Re: Frame handling
References: <00cd01c33f8d$b4e570e0$0a00a8c0@nkelseyhome>

On Mon, Jun 30, 2003 at 10:00:21PM -0700, Jafa wrote:

> Out of interest, what is the theory behind the frame id being made up of
> address + func?

The theory is that the frame ID is persistent.  It lives until the
frame goes out of scope (locals with watchpoints on them disappear,
frame-specific breakpoints, etc.).  Stack addr isn't enough, because of
frameless functions; but PC is too volatile.

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software                         Debian GNU/Linux Developer

References:
- Re: Frame handling
  - From: Jafa

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