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the ability to set breakpoints on inlined functions will be lost
in symbol files with older .gdb_index sections.
+ The .gdb_index section has also been updated to record more information
+ about each symbol. This speeds up the "info variables", "info functions"
+ and "info types" commands when used with programs having the .gdb_index
+ section, as well as speeding up debugging with shared libraries using
+ the .gdb_index section.
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* Ada support for GDB/MI Variable Objects has been added.
* GDB can now support 'breakpoint always-inserted mode' in 'record'