Re: [PATCH v2 4/4] introduce parallel mode

Eli Zaretskii
2013-08-02T19:38:22Z

> From: Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
> Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
> Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2013 13:19:43 -0600
>
> Eli> Looks like it's a matter of taste in this case.
>
> If you really think @itemize is preferred here, I will comply.

I don't think it's preferred. I think both forms are about the same
in this case.

> I'd like to understand your rationale, though.
> If I were writing this from scratch I would not have even considered
> @itemize, but rather @table. I'd like to know when I ought to use
> @itemize in this scenario instead.

@itemize is a way to enumerate things. Which is what this text does.

@table is more suitable to a list of values of a single variable, or a
list of alternatives. Which is also what this text is about.