Re: [RFA/PATCH] breakpoint.c: fix until command

[Elena Zannoni <ezannoni@redhat.com>]

Daniel Jacobowitz writes:
 > On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 05:29:33PM -0500, Elena Zannoni wrote:
 > > Daniel Jacobowitz writes:
 > >  > On Wed, Jan 08, 2003 at 05:12:50PM -0500, Elena Zannoni wrote:
 > >  > > I don't much like having options, it's too much to type. :-) I think
 > >  > > we should leave the until as it is, name and all. Or it will confuse
 > >  > > people even more.  I like 'to' as a possible simple name for the other
 > >  > > form.  Or 'through'.
 > >  > 
 > >  > The problem is, neither to or through makes sense to me as an option; I
 > >  > can't figure out what it will do.
 > >  > 
 > > 
 > > Not as an option, I was thinking as a separate command.
 > 
 > Sorry, so was I.  I can't see what "to" would do, really.
 > 
 > > (to tell you the through, it should just be an argument to 'continue').
 > 
 > I suppose, but then we're back where we started.
 > 
 > continue
 > continue until foo
 > continue to 34

No no, I meant 2 different commands, not options.
until <location> (with the current behavior)
to <location> (with the 'new' behavior)

or until <location>
   continue <location> (but unfortunately continue has already an argument)

Elena

 > 
 > [still not clear what the difference there is.]
 > 
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 > Daniel Jacobowitz
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