Fix gdbserver/MI testing regression

[deliverable/binutils-gdb.git] / gdb / location.h

diff --git a/gdb/location.h b/gdb/location.h
index b2cf45e495c8bf8fb9260c971b0c2441bda0e5fa..8b19f34ad4471f65d382add3a29d5a991639f904 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/location.h
+++ b/gdb/location.h
@@ -207,12 +207,24 @@ extern struct event_location *
    but invalid, input, e.g., if it is called with missing argument parameters
    or invalid options.
 
-   The return result must be freed with delete_event_location.  */
+   The return result must be freed with delete_event_location.
+
+   This function is intended to be used by CLI commands and will parse
+   explicit locations in a CLI-centric way.  Other interfaces should use
+   string_to_event_location_basic if they want to maintain support for
+   legacy specifications of probe, address, and linespec locations.  */
 
 extern struct event_location *
   string_to_event_location (char **argp,
                            const struct language_defn *langauge);
 
+/* Like string_to_event_location, but does not attempt to parse explicit
+   locations.  */
+
+extern struct event_location *
+  string_to_event_location_basic (char **argp,
+                                 const struct language_defn *language);
+
 /* Attempt to convert the input string in *ARGP into an explicit location.
    ARGP is advanced past any processed input.  Returns an event_location
    (malloc'd) if an explicit location was successfully found in *ARGP,