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[Bug symtab/15103] disassemble file:function should work


http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15103

--- Comment #4 from Tom Tromey <tromey at redhat dot com> 2013-02-06 18:29:23 UTC ---
(In reply to comment #2)
> Re: disassemble takes expressions, not linespecs.
> 
> That's not really my point though, is it.

I didn't know.  I thought it was an actual question.

> Let's take a step back.
> How do I explain to a user that while, yes, s/he can set a breakpoint on
> p-exp.y:parse_number, s/he cannot disassemble it (in any easy way).
> I could be missing something of course.
> 
> btw, somewhat related and somewhat tangential, I think we'll want to expand
> expressions to take file names.
> How do I (easily) print foo.c:baz instead of bar.c:baz from an arbitrary point
> in the program?

There's already an extension for this.
Try:  disassemble 'p-exp.y'::parse_number

> But getting back to disassemble,
> from a u/i perspective I can't rationalize the current behaviour.

Linespecs might have been a better choice, but the choice has already been
made.

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