From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andrew Cagney To: Fernando Nasser Cc: Michael Snyder , Don Howard , gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com Subject: Re: [RFA] deleting breakpoints inside of 'commands' [Repost] Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 07:56:00 -0000 Message-id: <3BA7608F.3040104@cygnus.com> References: <3BA67BAA.825A5957@cygnus.com> <3BA7519F.70E25EC3@redhat.com> X-SW-Source: 2001-09/msg00231.html >> Is it worth the effort? Is this duplication costly >> compared to everything else already being done by >> bpstat_do_actions? Or am I worrying over nothing? I think this is in the noise. GDB has performance problems with very large symbol files, it doesn't have problems with 3 line breakpoint scripts. > I share your concerns. And I see no reason why this should be allowed > -- > the script can always "disable" its own breakpoint with the same effect > for all practical purposes. > > A patch adding a "cannot delete self" error message would be nice. I would really rather not see GDB introduce, undocumented, edge conditions like this. I think the patch Don submitted had the very nice effect of eliminating the need for such a special case. 2c Andrew