From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 753 invoked by alias); 7 Apr 2007 22:18:46 -0000 Received: (qmail 745 invoked by uid 22791); 7 Apr 2007 22:18:46 -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 23:18:44 +0100 Received: from return.false.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by return.false.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB8524B267; Sat, 7 Apr 2007 17:18:42 -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 4A9B74B262; Sat, 7 Apr 2007 17:18:42 -0500 (CDT) Received: from drow by caradoc.them.org with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1HaJF3-0001Ni-H6; Sat, 07 Apr 2007 18:18:41 -0400 Date: Sat, 07 Apr 2007 22:18:00 -0000 From: Daniel Jacobowitz To: Christopher Layne Cc: Eli Zaretskii , gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add support to control auto-display behavior Message-ID: <20070407221841.GA5296@caradoc.them.org> Mail-Followup-To: Christopher Layne , Eli Zaretskii , gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com References: <20070406110435.GC27568@ns1.anodized.com> <20070407172539.GB24650@caradoc.them.org> <20070407202045.GD27568@ns1.anodized.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070407202045.GD27568@ns1.anodized.com> 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/msg00052.txt.bz2 On Sat, Apr 07, 2007 at 01:20:45PM -0700, Christopher Layne wrote: > I originally had it as "disable-on-error" but changed it to "strict" and > non-default as I wasn't sure if the original intended behavior had a real > reason for being there. If it's okay with you guys, I'll restructure the > patch to fix some of the documentation issues and semantics to assume it > as default behavior. I'd recommend hanging on a few days and seeing what others think. I am actually against the knob - I think GDB is developing too many user interface knobs because we (the developers) can't make up our minds, and there's a point at which additional customizability does more harm than good. -- Daniel Jacobowitz CodeSourcery