From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 3885 invoked by alias); 7 Apr 2007 22:27:21 -0000 Received: (qmail 3877 invoked by uid 22791); 7 Apr 2007 22:27:20 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from ns1.anodized.com (HELO ns1.anodized.com) (204.15.208.61) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Sat, 07 Apr 2007 23:27:18 +0100 Received: from ns1.anodized.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ns1.anodized.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l37MRFXL006284; Sat, 7 Apr 2007 15:27:15 -0700 Received: from 127.0.0.1 ([127.0.0.1] helo=ns1.anodized.com) by ASSP-nospam; 7 Apr 2007 15:27:15 -0700 Received: (from clayne@localhost) by ns1.anodized.com (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id l37MRFSQ006281; Sat, 7 Apr 2007 15:27:15 -0700 Date: Sat, 07 Apr 2007 22:27:00 -0000 From: Christopher Layne To: Eli Zaretskii , gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add support to control auto-display behavior Message-ID: <20070407222715.GE27568@ns1.anodized.com> References: <20070406110435.GC27568@ns1.anodized.com> <20070407172539.GB24650@caradoc.them.org> <20070407202045.GD27568@ns1.anodized.com> <20070407221841.GA5296@caradoc.them.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070407221841.GA5296@caradoc.them.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-Assp-Spam-Prob: 0.00000 X-Assp-Whitelisted: Yes X-Assp-Envelope-From: clayne@ns1.anodized.com X-Assp-Intended-For: gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com eliz@gnu.org 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/msg00053.txt.bz2 On Sat, Apr 07, 2007 at 06:18:41PM -0400, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: > 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. Sure. I also didn't think a knob was needed for the behavior - but also considered how it may affect gdb output scrapers / automating tools if something changed, so just went ahead and made it one. -cl