From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 77254 invoked by alias); 22 Oct 2015 15:27:34 -0000 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 Received: (qmail 77240 invoked by uid 89); 22 Oct 2015 15:27:33 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_SOFTFAIL autolearn=no version=3.3.2 X-HELO: mtaout22.012.net.il Received: from mtaout22.012.net.il (HELO mtaout22.012.net.il) (80.179.55.172) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Thu, 22 Oct 2015 15:27:32 +0000 Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout22.012.net.il by a-mtaout22.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0NWM00200O1D4300@a-mtaout22.012.net.il> for gdb-patches@sourceware.org; Thu, 22 Oct 2015 18:27:29 +0300 (IDT) Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([84.94.185.246]) by a-mtaout22.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0NWM001NWO9TUC70@a-mtaout22.012.net.il>; Thu, 22 Oct 2015 18:27:29 +0300 (IDT) Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2015 16:16:00 -0000 From: Eli Zaretskii Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/6] NEWS: "info" commands now list in ascending order In-reply-to: <5628FBB2.1030905@redhat.com> To: Pedro Alves Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org Reply-to: Eli Zaretskii Message-id: <838u6uudng.fsf@gnu.org> References: <1445507944-9197-1-git-send-email-palves@redhat.com> <1445507944-9197-7-git-send-email-palves@redhat.com> <83io5zt0bi.fsf@gnu.org> <5628FBB2.1030905@redhat.com> X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2015-10/txt/msg00479.txt.bz2 > Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2015 16:07:30 +0100 > From: Pedro Alves > CC: gdb-patches@sourceware.org > > > I'd suggest to add "alphabetic" where indicated. > > That would sound very confusing to me, as we sort by e.g., thread > ID, not thread name, and alphabetic would suggest to me that we > now sort by "name" or whatever else looks like a name. > > Would "ascending ID order" or "ascending numerical order" > instead be OK with you? Yes, of course. The point is just "ascending" doesn't say enough, we should say more about the order. (I mistakenly thought it was alphabetic.) Thanks.