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Re: watch -location
>>>>> "Jed" == Jed Brown <jed@59A2.org> writes:
Jed> I was surprised when I upgraded to 7.3.1 that my common pattern of
Jed> (gdb) print &obj->member
Jed> $1 = (int *) 0x6fcf04
Jed> (gdb) watch *$1
Jed> I like the new method, but why did the old method stop working? It
Jed> makes some old debugging documentation incorrect.
As far as I know, nothing has changed here.
If you have a reproducible test case, please file a bug.
Jed> (gdb) info watchpoints
Jed> Num   Type      Disp Enb Address      ÂWhat
Jed> 3    hw watchpoint Âkeep y           Â-location obj->member
Jed> Could the address of obj->member be printed in this output?
Nice idea. Could you file a (separate) bug for this as well?
Tom