[RFC] "New" command "!"

[dje@google.com (Doug Evans)]

Hi.
I mentioned this before in an offhand comment,
but now I'm submitting this RFC.
I'll add tests,docs,NEWS if the code part is ok.

Am I missing something?
Is there a reason not to add this?

2011-11-08  Doug Evans  <dje@google.com>

	New command "!", not just for xdb.
	* cli/cli-cmds.c (init_cli_cmds): Remove xdb_commands condition on
	adding "!" command, always add it.
	* cli/cli-decode.c (find_command_name_length): Recognize "!" as a
	command of length one.

Index: cli/cli-cmds.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/cli/cli-cmds.c,v
retrieving revision 1.118
diff -u -p -r1.118 cli-cmds.c
--- cli/cli-cmds.c	1 Nov 2011 14:51:22 -0000	1.118
+++ cli/cli-cmds.c	8 Nov 2011 09:21:42 -0000
@@ -1825,14 +1825,7 @@ Two arguments (separated by a comma) are
   if (xdb_commands)
     add_com_alias ("va", "disassemble", class_xdb, 0);
 
-  /* NOTE: cagney/2000-03-20: Being able to enter ``(gdb) !ls'' would
-     be a really useful feature.  Unfortunately, the below wont do
-     this.  Instead it adds support for the form ``(gdb) ! ls''
-     (i.e. the space is required).  If the ``!'' command below is
-     added the complains about no ``!'' command would be replaced by
-     complains about how the ``!'' command is broken :-)  */
-  if (xdb_commands)
-    add_com_alias ("!", "shell", class_support, 0);
+  add_com_alias ("!", "shell", class_support, 0);
 
   c = add_com ("make", class_support, make_command, _("\
 Run the ``make'' program using the rest of the line as arguments."));
Index: cli/cli-decode.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/cli/cli-decode.c,v
retrieving revision 1.98
diff -u -p -r1.98 cli-decode.c
--- cli/cli-decode.c	9 Oct 2011 22:21:42 -0000	1.98
+++ cli/cli-decode.c	8 Nov 2011 09:30:22 -0000
@@ -1127,11 +1127,16 @@ find_command_name_length (const char *te
      Note that this is larger than the character set allowed when
      creating user-defined commands.  */
 
+  /* Recognize '!' as a single character command so that, e.g., "!ls"
+     works as expected.  */
+  if (*p == '!')
+    return 1;
+
   while (isalnum (*p) || *p == '-' || *p == '_'
 	 /* Characters used by TUI specific commands.  */
 	 || *p == '+' || *p == '<' || *p == '>' || *p == '$'
 	 /* Characters used for XDB compatibility.  */
-	 || (xdb_commands && (*p == '!' || *p == '/' || *p == '?')))
+	 || (xdb_commands && (*p == '/' || *p == '?')))
     p++;
 
   return p - text;