Re: [RFA] Implement -thread-info.

[Vladimir Prus <vladimir@codesourcery.com>]

On Monday 18 February 2008 09:25:29 Nick Roberts wrote:
>  > Presently, the MI -thread-info and -thread-list-all-threads
>  > commands are not implemented, so a frontend wishing to know
>  > the state of all threads upon stop is required to manually iterate
>  > over threads, or use CLI. This patch implements -thread-info,
>  > that prints essentially the same information as 'info thread' in CLI.
>  > The new command can either print information for all threads, or
>  > for a specific one provided as argument, making -thread-list-all-threads
>  > not necessary.
> 
> mi_info_threads is nearly the same function as thread_command.  

You probably meant info_threads_command?

> Can this be 
> used in a dual way just as -break-list uses breakpoint_1?

I don't know -- I actually have no idea what magic makes breakpoint_1 to
work both for MI and CLI. Do you happen to know?

> Also Denis Pilat has already proposed a patch for -thread-info:
> http://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2007-03/msg00167.html

I did not notice that.

> 
> How does your patch compare?  (assuming the problem of return type is solved
> as has been done for thread_select).

It appears that my patch:

1. Does not bother with making non-throwing function, as MI top-level can
handle exceptions.

2. Allows to print information about all threads.

I don't know what problem of return type you refer to -- can you clarify?

- Volodya