Re: Testsuite: Don't use global command in gdb_expect

[Michael Snyder <msnyder@vmware.com>]

Joel Brobecker wrote:
>> The Tcl global command has no effect unless executed in the context of
>> a proc body.  So the global commands in the following code are
>> useless. 
> 
> Verified in the Tcl 8.4 documentation.
> 
>> Even worse, they would cause unexpected result. When gdb_expect gets 
>> something containing "global", it will try to execute hex as a command, 
>> which will cause an error.
> 
> I'm wondering how this is happening, though. I presume that the test
> was working when the testcase was added by the original author...

That would be me, I think.

I probably did not understand the issue, and I support
whatever solution you two arrive at.   ;-)


> It's working for me too, actually.
> 
> That being said, these are only side questions. The patch looks correct
> to me.
> 
>> 2008-12-15  Jie Zhang  <jie.zhang@analog.com>
>>
>> 	* gdb.base/consecutive.exp: Don't use global in gdb_expect.
> 
> OK.
>