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@@ -37,6 +37,15 @@ * New convenience variable $_ada_exception holds the address of the Ada exception being thrown. This is set by Ada-related catchpoints. +* GDB can now place breakpoints on nested functions and subroutines in + Fortran code. The '::' operator can be used between parent and + child scopes when placing breakpoints, for example: + + (gdb) break outer_function::inner_function + + The 'outer_function::' prefix is only needed if 'inner_function' is + not visible in the current scope. + * Python API ** The gdb.Value type has a new method 'format_string' which returns a |