From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 18185 invoked by alias); 15 Dec 2008 12:29:05 -0000 Received: (qmail 18176 invoked by uid 22791); 15 Dec 2008 12:29:05 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from oden.vtab.com (HELO oden.vtab.com) (62.20.90.195) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Mon, 15 Dec 2008 12:28:24 +0000 Received: from oden.vtab.com (oden.vtab.com [127.0.0.1]) by oden.vtab.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACE9026F670; Mon, 15 Dec 2008 13:28:21 +0100 (CET) Received: from jessica.hq.vtech (jessica.hq.vtech [10.0.0.70]) by oden.vtab.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9952726EF90; Mon, 15 Dec 2008 13:28:21 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <49464D65.9030505@virtutech.com> Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 12:29:00 -0000 From: Tomas Holmberg User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.18 (X11/20081119) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Michael Snyder CC: Thiago Jung Bauermann , "gdb-patches@sourceware.org" Subject: Re: [RFA] Resubmit reverse debugging [5/5] References: <48EC18F9.8040105@vmware.com> <1223489663.19088.43.camel@localhost.localdomain> <48ED16FE.8010105@vmware.com> In-Reply-To: <48ED16FE.8010105@vmware.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2008-12/txt/msg00279.txt.bz2 >> What about adding "previous" and either "pr" or "pre" as alias to >> reverse-next? Sounds more natural to me than "reverse-next". Similarly, >> "previousi" and "pri" or "prei". >> >> I'd also half-seriously suggest adding a "step-back" alias on the same >> grounds. :-) > > Lots of people have alternate suggestions for command names. > The present set is as close to convergence as we were able to > get in several previous rounds of discussion. > > I don't want the feature to be held up by this discussion, > so I'm just saying "aliases are easy to add later". I would like to continue the discussion about alias name for the too long reverse commands. I am not sure that the gdb-patches list is the right place for having this discussion. My new command alias suggestions are in the right column: reverse-continue - reverse reverse-finish - uncall reverse-next - previous, prev reverse-nexti - previousi, previ reverse-step - unstep reverse-stepi - unstepi The main reasons for the new alias names is to better describe what the commands actually do and distinguish them from the "forward" debugging commands. The reverse- commands implies that running a program in reverse is only a special mode of running it forward. This is no longer true and the support for running in reverse will increase in the future. /Tomas Holmberg