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Document inclusive range in help for "find"

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PR gdb/16930 points out that the "find" command uses an inclusive
range; but this is not documented in the "help".  This patch updates
the help text.

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2020-10-07  Tom Tromey  <tromey@adacore.com>

	PR gdb/16930:
	* findcmd.c (_initialize_mem_search): Mention that the range is
	inclusive.
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2020-10-07 Tom Tromey <tromey@adacore.com>
PR gdb/16930:
* findcmd.c (_initialize_mem_search): Mention that the range is
inclusive.
2020-10-07 Tom Tromey <tromey@adacore.com> 2020-10-07 Tom Tromey <tromey@adacore.com>
* target.h (simple_search_memory): Don't declare. * target.h (simple_search_memory): Don't declare.

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@ -292,6 +292,7 @@ find [/SIZE-CHAR] [/MAX-COUNT] START-ADDRESS, +LENGTH, EXPR1 [, EXPR2 ...]\n\
SIZE-CHAR is one of b,h,w,g for 8,16,32,64 bit values respectively,\n\ SIZE-CHAR is one of b,h,w,g for 8,16,32,64 bit values respectively,\n\
and if not specified the size is taken from the type of the expression\n\ and if not specified the size is taken from the type of the expression\n\
in the current language.\n\ in the current language.\n\
The two-address form specifies an inclusive range.\n\
Note that this means for example that in the case of C-like languages\n\ Note that this means for example that in the case of C-like languages\n\
a search for an untyped 0x42 will search for \"(int) 0x42\"\n\ a search for an untyped 0x42 will search for \"(int) 0x42\"\n\
which is typically four bytes, and a search for a string \"hello\" will\n\ which is typically four bytes, and a search for a string \"hello\" will\n\