Re: [RFA][patch 1/9] Yet another respin of the patch with initial Python support

Eli Zaretskii
2008-08-04T19:18:28Z

> From: Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman@br.ibm.com>
> Cc: tromey@redhat.com, gdb-patches@sourceware.org
> Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2008 01:41:53 -0300
>
> > Sorry, I'm unconvinced. Both features belong to a broader category of
> > means of extending GDB.
>
> In that case, my opinion is that the current "Canned Sequences of
> Commands" chapter should be demoted to a section (and its sections would
> then be demoted to subsubsections), and both this section and Python's
> section should be under a chapter called "Extending GDB".

Agreed.

> Rereading this thread, I think this is what Daniel suggested in the
> first place.

And I agreed:

>> Ok, in that case I have an alternative suggestion: how about renaming
>> the combined scripting chapter, and putting both Python scripting and
>> the existing information in the new chapter?
>
> I have no objections to renaming that chapter.
>
>> I don't think Python makes sense as a section of "Canned Sequences of
>> Commands", because Python scripts don't contain GDB commands.
>
> The chapter name doesn't say "GDB Commands", it says just "Commands".
> But let's not argue about that on which we agree ;-)