Currently, with "list LINESPEC1,LINESPEC2", if one of the linespecs is
ambiguous, i.e., if it expands to multiple locations, you get this
seemingly odd output:
(gdb) list foo,bar
file: "file0.c", line number: 26
file: "file1.c", line number: 29
Since "foo" above expands to multiple locations, the specified range
is indeterminate, and GDB is trying to be helpful by showing you what
was ambiguous. It looks confusing to me, though. I think it'd be
much more user friendly if GDB actually told you that, like this:
(gdb) list foo,bar
Specified first line 'foo' is ambiguous:
file: "file0.c", line number: 26
file: "file1.c", line number: 29
(gdb) list bar,foo
Specified last line 'foo' is ambiguous:
file: "file0.c", line number: 26
file: "file1.c", line number: 29
Note, I'm using "first" and "last" in the output because that's what
the manual uses:
~~~
list first,last
Print lines from first to last. [...]
~~~
Tested on x86-64 GNU/Linux.
gdb/ChangeLog:
2017-09-04 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
* cli/cli-cmds.c (edit_command): Pass message to
ambiguous_line_spec.
(list_command): Pass message to ambiguous_line_spec. Say
"first"/"last" instead of "start" and "end" to be consistent with
the manual.
(ambiguous_line_spec): Add 'format' and vararg parameters. Use
them to print formatted message.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
2017-09-04 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
* gdb.base/list-ambiguous.exp: New file.
* gdb.base/list-ambiguous0.c: New file.
* gdb.base/list-ambiguous1.c: New file.
* gdb.base/list.exp (test_list_range): Adjust expected output.
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