* stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Say that order of stabs is significant.

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--- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
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@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Wed Jun 30 18:23:06 1993  Jim Kingdon  (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
+
+       * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Say that order of stabs is significant.
+
 Fri Jun 25 21:34:52 1993  Jim Kingdon  (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
 
        * stabs.texinfo (Common Blocks): Say what Sun FORTRAN does.

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--- a/gdb/doc/stabs.texinfo
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@@ -1057,7 +1057,12 @@ The stab for @code{s_flap} is located just before the @code{N_LBRAC} for
 @c ............................................................
 
 @node Parameters
-@section Parameters 
+@section Parameters
+
+Parameters to a function are represented by a stab (or sometimes two,
+see below) for each parameter.  The stabs are in the order in which the
+debugger should print the parameters (i.e. the order in which the
+parameters are declared in the source file).
 
 The symbol descriptor @samp{p} is used to refer to parameters which are
 in the arglist.  Symbols have symbol type @samp{N_PSYM}.  The value of