Re: single-step breakpoints

Mark Kettenis
2006-05-01T16:43:13Z

> Date: Mon, 1 May 2006 09:54:52 -0400
> From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org>
>
> > Index: ChangeLog
> > from Mark Kettenis <kettenis@gnu.org>
> >
> > * breakpoint.c (insert_single_step_breakpoint): Make a failure to
> > insert a single-step breakpoint an error instead of a warning.
> >
> > * breakpoint.c (remove_single_step_breakpoints): Bail out early if
> > no breakpoints are inserted.
>
> Yeah, I think this is OK.

Thanks, committed.

> Ideally, of course, we wouldn't error here. But I'm not sure what
> would be more sensible to do. We could quietly finish instead, but
> that would go more than one instruction - quite bad.

Actually the error is not too bad. It warns you that single-stepping
is not possible and allows you to find another way of continuing.

Mark