From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 26441 invoked by alias); 7 Apr 2007 17:25:43 -0000 Received: (qmail 26433 invoked by uid 22791); 7 Apr 2007 17:25:42 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from return.false.org (HELO return.false.org) (66.207.162.98) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Sat, 07 Apr 2007 18:25:41 +0100 Received: from return.false.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by return.false.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 099444B267; Sat, 7 Apr 2007 12:25:40 -0500 (CDT) Received: from caradoc.them.org (dsl093-172-095.pit1.dsl.speakeasy.net [66.93.172.95]) by return.false.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B28244B262; Sat, 7 Apr 2007 12:25:39 -0500 (CDT) Received: from drow by caradoc.them.org with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1HaEfT-0006Zk-9P; Sat, 07 Apr 2007 13:25:39 -0400 Date: Sat, 07 Apr 2007 17:25:00 -0000 From: Daniel Jacobowitz To: Eli Zaretskii Cc: Christopher Layne , gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add support to control auto-display behavior Message-ID: <20070407172539.GB24650@caradoc.them.org> Mail-Followup-To: Eli Zaretskii , Christopher Layne , gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com References: <20070406110435.GC27568@ns1.anodized.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.14+cvs20070313 (2007-03-13) X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2007-04/txt/msg00044.txt.bz2 On Fri, Apr 06, 2007 at 04:52:59PM +0300, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2007 04:04:35 -0700 > > From: Christopher Layne > > > > This patch is to allow setting how auto-displays are affected when memory is > > not accessible. It's very common to, when single-stepping, or stepping over, > > initially setup some auto-displays and then begin stepping. I don't see > > any reason why, in the event an object is not accessible, the auto-display > > should be disabled. > > Thanks. I agree that it's a good idea to have an option to control > this, unless we agree that what you want as an option should be how > GDB behaves in all cases. I think changing the behavior unconditionally would be a good idea. Showing the error is more sensible; it's always bugged me that my displays get turned off (and sometimes deleted instead of disabled - I do not know why that happens). -- Daniel Jacobowitz CodeSourcery