info address "range"

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 15:01:37 -0500
> From: Daniel Jacobowitz <daniel.jacobowitz@gmail.com>
> Cc: gdb@sourceware.org
> 
> On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 10:58 PM, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
> > Re this:
> >
> > Â (gdb) frame 2
> > Â #2 Â 0x0100ffda in compact_small_strings () at alloc.c:2271
> > Â 2271 Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â abort ();
> > Â (gdb) info address from
> > Â Symbol "from" is multi-location:
> > Â  Â Range 0x100f452-0x100f45c: a variable in $esi
> >
> > What exactly the "range xxxx-yyyy" mean? Â There's nothing in the
> > manual about this format. Â Is that the range of PC values? Â If so,
> > then since the current frame address is not within those limits, it
> > seems, and therefore the information is not helpful.
> >
> > Is there any way of knowing where will the variable be found for the
> > current PC value?
> 
> Most likely this means that if the current pc is outside of those
> limits, the variable is not available anywhere.

Thanks.  I will at least describe this output in the manual.