Re: Request for new gdb command: 'info orientation'

[Michael Snyder <msnyder@redhat.com>]

Josef Ezra wrote:
> 
> Hi all
> 
> While writing a perl gui for gdb, I had to add a new command. It looks
> like this:
> 
> (gdb) info orientation main
> 0x00034960:753
> 0x00034b44:757
> 0x00034b48:761
> 0x00034b50:759
> 0x00034b54:761
> 0x00034b68:763
> 0x00034b70:772
> (gdb)
> 
> and associate addresses with line numbers. This information allow
> merging the disassemble with the sources without executing 'info line'
> command for each address, since the last took too long (the difference
> between O(n^2) to O(n)).
> (The command was also useful for analyzing patches and code changes.)

I like it as maybe a maintainer command (or even a user one, if
you think users might gain something from it.

I don't like the name, though -- "info orientation" doesn't say
anything to me.  Maybe "info lines"?  Or, as a maintainer command, 
"info sal"?