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Re: breakpoint for accessing memory location
On Sat, Oct 21, 2006 at 10:06:00AM -0500, Rodney M. Bates wrote:
> For example, I sometimes want to watch p->f, where p is local variable that
> I know perfectly well will soon cease to exist, but I also know *p will
> remain. I've long since learned that watching p->f doesn't work. Instead,
> I print the address of p->f and then watch the contents of that address.
Yes, this does seem to be a frequent point of confusion...
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Daniel Jacobowitz
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