Re: [RFA] set debug mi

[Jason Molenda <jmolenda@apple.com>]

On Apr 11, 2007, at 4:50 PM, Michael Snyder wrote:

> Anybody think this is useful?

We do something similar at Apple but we have our front-end program  
deal with it.  The UI has a preference to save the mi log to a file;  
it saves all communication between gdb and the FE to that file.  It's  
invaluable for debugging bug reports - it's invariably the first thing  
we ask for when someone reports a bug against our debugger.  Besides  
pointing the finger at either gdb or the front-end it has the benefit  
of showing exactly what commands were sent to the debugger, instead of  
relying on the user's memory of the same.

I think the approach of having all I/O between the debugger and the FE  
saved is superior but having something like this built in to gdb could  
be helpful for people who can't do that easily in the FE.

J