Re: [RFA/RFC] Clarify contents of NEWS entry re: Python "rbreak" (waa: "Re: [python][patch] Python rbreak")

Joel Brobecker
2018-02-02T03:16:47Z

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> > > > [hi Eli -- not sure if the attached patch is obvious or not, so I will
> > > > wait for your approval, assuming Phil confirms. Thank you!]
> > >
> > > Are you asking about the NEWS entry or about the entire patch? If
> > > the latter, I don't think I saw it, and neither do I see it in the
> > > list archives. I think. What am I missing?
> >
> > Just asking whether you approve the patch I attached, or if you
> > have some comments.
>
> Ah, OK. But where was it posted? I don't seem to be able to find it,
> neither in my inbox nor in the list archives. How did I miss it?

I was posted ... in my head! Another example of the forgetting to
attach the patch classic. Sorry about that.

gdb/ChangeLog:

* NEWS <Changes in GDB 8.1>: Clarify that "rbreak" is a new
Python function, rather than a new command.

Thanks,
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Joel

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From 1db141b40e47bd5fc19dc4ee2a4c6f9c4fe2881b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2018 13:41:52 +0400
Subject: [PATCH] gdb/NEWS: Clarify the news entry for "rbreak" in GDB 8.1

gdb/ChangeLog:

* NEWS <Changes in GDB 8.1>: Clarify that "rbreak" is a new
Python function, rather than a new command.
---
gdb/NEWS | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS
index 9cd38f3d91..1767cef920 100644
--- a/gdb/NEWS
+++ b/gdb/NEWS
@@ -125,9 +125,9 @@
gdb.new_thread are emitted. See the manual for further
description of these.

- ** A new command, "rbreak" has been added to the Python API. This
- command allows the setting of a large number of breakpoints via a
- regex pattern in Python. See the manual for further details.
+ ** A new function, "gdb.rbreak" has been added to the Python API.
+ This function allows the setting of a large number of breakpoints
+ via a regex pattern in Python. See the manual for further details.

** Python breakpoints can now accept explicit locations. See the
manual for a further description of this feature.
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