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Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2002 14:07:00 -0000
From: Michael Snyder <msnyder@redhat.com>
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To: Klee Dienes <klee@apple.com>, gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com
Subject: Re: [RFA] New variable, 'max-completion-results'.
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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!