Re: [PATCH 2/6] Introduce `pre_expanded sals'

Matt Rice
2011-04-12T22:22:07Z

On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 6:30 AM, Pedro Alves <pedro@codesourcery.com> wrote:
> Another argument,
> is that frontends and users using them aren't expecting that a single
> breakpoint is represented by more than one visual "point", circle next to
> the sources, or something like that.  Hitting F8 to toggle a breakpoint's
> enablement changing some other location source "point" enablement
> in the sources not currently visible seems to break some abstration
> to me.  I think such design change needs to consider all these
> issues (and be experimented with some frontend).

I think this "visual point" metaphor to some extent is already broken,
I more often than one might expect end up setting multiple breakpoints
on the same function
with different conditions and or commands.

could be as simple as a number inside the "visual point", and adding a
right-click 'breakpoint editor', thing to bring up another window.

to me, this seems like something which should be allowed, but not
something to surprise a user with.
thus, this leads me to ask, does this happen because it is the users
intent, or something else.