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authorEli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>2004-10-23 14:21:44 +0000
committerEli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>2004-10-23 14:21:44 +0000
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2004-10-23 Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
* gdb.texinfo (Starting): Fix whitespace; make "elaboration" stand out where it is first used, and add an index entry for the term.
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diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
index 93061fc..f92bbea 100644
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@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
(Working Directory): Add a cross-reference to "info proc" command.
(Files): Add a tip for decreasing memory used for symtabs from
shared libraries.
+ (Starting): Fix whitespace; make "elaboration" stand out where it
+ is first used, and add an index entry for the term.
2004-10-12 Andrew Cagney <cagney@gnu.org>
diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
index 3c798be..0909aa3 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -1760,9 +1760,10 @@ The @samp{start} command does the equivalent of setting a temporary
breakpoint at the beginning of the main procedure and then invoking
the @samp{run} command.
-Some programs contain an elaboration phase where some startup code is
-executed before the main program is called. This depends on the
-languages used to write your program. In C@t{++} for instance,
+@cindex elaboration phase
+Some programs contain an @dfn{elaboration} phase where some startup code is
+executed before the main procedure is called. This depends on the
+languages used to write your program. In C@t{++}, for instance,
constructors for static and global objects are executed before
@code{main} is called. It is therefore possible that the debugger stops
before reaching the main procedure. However, the temporary breakpoint