From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 6899 invoked by alias); 17 Feb 2012 12:03:26 -0000 Received: (qmail 6888 invoked by uid 22791); 17 Feb 2012 12:03:25 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-6.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,SPF_HELO_PASS,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mx1.redhat.com (HELO mx1.redhat.com) (209.132.183.28) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:03:06 +0000 Received: from int-mx11.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx11.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.24]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id q1HC35M8019383 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Fri, 17 Feb 2012 07:03:05 -0500 Received: from [127.0.0.1] (ovpn01.gateway.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.9.1]) by int-mx11.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id q1HC335d014629; Fri, 17 Feb 2012 07:03:04 -0500 Message-ID: <4F3E41F7.2000006@redhat.com> Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:14:00 -0000 From: Phil Muldoon MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Siva Chandra CC: Doug Evans , gdb-patches@sourceware.org Subject: Re: [RFC] A new command 'explore' References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 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: 2012-02/txt/msg00366.txt.bz2 On 02/17/2012 09:55 AM, Siva Chandra wrote: > Doug > I'm not sure what others prefer, but I like the python > Along with the fact that there wasn't anything available > on the policy for contributions in extensions languages, I have seen > that GUILE is now going to be another officially supported extension > language. In which case, if 'explore' can be useful to a wide > audience, isn't it better in C so that it is available to everyone? You can of course choose to submit the patch however you wish ... you are the author! But I do not think the discussions on GUILE should preclude any continuing effort on commands written in Python. Not a single API exists for GUILE at the moment. So my 2 cents, I agree with Doug, I liked the Python version better. Cheers, Phil