* NEWS: Mention watch -location.

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@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2010-08-16  Tom Tromey  <tromey@redhat.com>
+
+       * NEWS: Mention watch -location.
+
 2010-08-16  Jan Kratochvil  <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
 
        * breakpoint.c (update_watchpoint): Add source empty line.  Prefer

diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS
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   information and can be used to greatly speed up GDB startup and
   operation.  See the documentation for `save gdb-index' for details.
 
+* The "watch" command now accepts an optional "-location" argument.
+  When used, this causes gdb to watch the memory referred to by the
+  expression.  Such a watchpoint is never deleted due to it going out
+  of scope.
+
 *** Changes in GDB 7.2
 
 * Shared library support for remote targets by default