Re: Patch: implement new dynamic varobj spec

Vladimir Prus
2009-09-16T05:44:25Z

Tom Tromey wrote:

>>>>>> "Nick" == Nick Roberts <nickrob@snap.net.nz> writes:
>
> Nick> I would really like to use these improvements in Emacs but the
> Nick> release isn't far away. So I would request that
> Nick> -enable-pretty-printing is marked as an EXPERIMENTAL feature in
> Nick> the manual. That way changes can be made without anyone
> Nick> complaining. Maybe by 7.1 early next year there will be frontends
> Nick> that have worked out how to use it and that marking could be
> Nick> removed.
>
> I think we've been conservative enough about this code that it is
> probably reasonable to let people rely on it. It has been through a lot
> of vetting.
>
> However, I don't mind adding a note to the manual if other maintainers
> want that.

I think it makes sense. You list 3 known issues in the original email,
and while I hope we'll fix them by 7.0, there will be just too little time
for extensive testing. Let's keep our options open for a bit more.

- Volodya