Refactor DIE reading.

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diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS
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--- a/gdb/NEWS
+++ b/gdb/NEWS
@@ -3,6 +3,13 @@
 
 *** Changes since GDB 7.4
 
+* GDB now has support for SDT (Static Defined Tracing) probes.  Currently,
+  the only implemented backend is for SystemTap probes (<sys/sdt.h>).  You
+  can set a breakpoint using the new "-probe, "-pstap" or "-probe-stap"
+  options and inspect the probe arguments using the new $_probe_arg family
+  of convenience variables.  You can obtain more information about SystemTap
+  in <http://sourceware.org/systemtap/>.
+
 * GDB now supports reversible debugging on ARM, it allows you to
   debug basic ARM and THUMB instructions, and provides 
   record/replay support.  
@@ -32,6 +39,10 @@
   ** A new method 'referenced_value' on gdb.Value objects which can
      dereference pointer as well as C++ reference values.
 
+* Go language support.
+  GDB now supports debugging programs written in the Go programming
+  language.
+
 * GDBserver now supports stdio connections.
   E.g. (gdb) target remote | ssh myhost gdbserver - hello
 
@@ -82,6 +93,9 @@
 
 * Ada support for GDB/MI Variable Objects has been added.
 
+* GDB can now support 'breakpoint always-inserted mode' in 'record'
+  target.
+
 * New commands
 
   ** "catch load" and "catch unload" can be used to stop when a shared
@@ -159,6 +173,10 @@ show auto-load safe-path
   Set a list of directories from which it is safe to auto-load files.
   The delimiter (':' above) may differ according to the host platform.
 
+set debug auto-load on|off
+show debug auto-load
+  Control display of debugging info for auto-loading the files above.
+
 * New remote packets
 
 z0/z1 conditional breakpoints extension