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From: Michael Snyder <msnyder@redhat.com>
To: Klee Dienes <klee@apple.com>, gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com
Subject: Re: [RFA] New variable, 'max-completion-results'.
Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2002 14:07:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3DC8411E.22744B71@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <D64D0BB4-F070-11D6-8361-00039396EEB8@apple.com>

Klee Dienes wrote:
> 
> The following patch adds a new user-visible variable to GDB,
> 'max-completion-results'.
> 
> It is used by the completion functions in symtab.c to limit the maximum
> number of results returned by the completion function, and defaults to
> 'unlimited'.  I find it particuarly useful when using GDB under emacs,
> to prevent situations where hitting <tab> at the wrong time can lead to
> hundreds of thousands of results having to be sorted by
> complete_command.

What a great idea!


  reply	other threads:[~2002-11-05 22:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-11-04 19:45 Klee Dienes
2002-11-05 14:07 ` Michael Snyder [this message]
2003-01-03 23:28 ` Elena Zannoni

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