From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 14255 invoked by alias); 8 Jul 2009 17:19:34 -0000 Received: (qmail 14244 invoked by uid 22791); 8 Jul 2009 17:19:33 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from smtp-outbound-2.vmware.com (HELO smtp-outbound-2.vmware.com) (65.115.85.73) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:19:25 +0000 Received: from jupiter.vmware.com (mailhost5.vmware.com [10.16.68.131]) by smtp-outbound-2.vmware.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B807548008; Wed, 8 Jul 2009 10:19:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [10.20.94.141] (msnyder-server.eng.vmware.com [10.20.94.141]) by jupiter.vmware.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACE90DC647; Wed, 8 Jul 2009 10:19:22 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4A54D440.1060103@vmware.com> Date: Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:43:00 -0000 From: Michael Snyder User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.12 (X11/20080411) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Pedro Alves CC: "gdb-patches@sourceware.org" , Pierre Muller Subject: Re: [RFA] Add "inf" alias for "info" References: <000001c9ffce$8b9b81e0$a2d285a0$@u-strasbg.fr> <200907081423.14012.pedro@codesourcery.com> In-Reply-To: <200907081423.14012.pedro@codesourcery.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes 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: 2009-07/txt/msg00266.txt.bz2 Pedro Alves wrote: > On Wednesday 08 July 2009 14:18:12, Pierre Muller wrote: >> I was used to use >> (gdb) inf reg >> to get a listing of registers, >> but since the new "inferior" command appeared, >> I now get this: >> (gdb) inf reg >> Ambiguous command "inf reg": inferior, info. >> >> The proposed patch add "inf" as an alias >> of "info", saving the hassle of retyping "info" >> after the message above. > > Why not type just "i"? It is already an alias for "info", and, > it's shorter anyway ==> less hassle. Because his fingers remember typing "inf". ;-) I think we've been through this before, and the custom has generally favored adding the alias.