Re: Faster stepping amidst breakpoints

Daniel Jacobowitz
2011-01-31T15:12:55Z

On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 08:49:51AM +0400, Joel Brobecker wrote:
> > Consider "set breakpoint always-inserted".
> > I've been wondering lately if we should flip the default.
>
> I like the idea of changing the default.
>
> Do you know what the risks would be? I looked at the code, and
> there isn't something obvious/delicate, it seems. Perhaps we might
> find ourselves forgetting to re-insert breakpoints, or inserting
> them twice? I think you guys have more experience than we do?

As far as I can remember (you know how much GDB development I do
nowadays), the only risks were if GDB crashed and left the application
with breakpoints inserted. Of course, I'm in favor of GDB not
crashing.

Pedro, Stan, any thoughts?

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Daniel Jacobowitz
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