Re: [RFA] breakpoint.c: don't generate bp events for internal bps

Keith Seitz
2001-05-11T07:09:00Z

On Fri, 11 May 2001, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> > Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 01:24:45 -0400
> > From: Fernando Nasser <fnasser@redhat.com>
> >
> > It is OK to only generate events for visible breakpoints, but the hook
> > must run for all breakpoints. Whatever is using the hook may need to
> > know about the internal ones as well.
>
> I agree. But I would go even farther: is it possible to explain why
> is it a good idea to make this change? What exactly is wrong with
> generating breakpoint events as we do now?

Do the words "it's stupid" mean anything to you? From gdb-events.h:

/* User Interface Events.
Copyright 1999, 2000, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

"User Interface Events". User interfaces don't care about internal
breakpoints -- only user-set breakpoints. IMO all of the breakpoints
excluded from the event trigger are BACKEND breakpoints, and they should
not ever be exposed to users (or non-backend code).

If someone writing ui code needs to know about internal breakpoints, he
doing something wrong.

Keith