From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 14854 invoked by alias); 2 Aug 2013 19:38:22 -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 14825 invoked by uid 89); 2 Aug 2013 19:38:22 -0000 X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-3.7 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,KHOP_THREADED,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_NO,RDNS_NONE,SPF_SOFTFAIL autolearn=no version=3.3.1 Received: from Unknown (HELO mtaout23.012.net.il) (80.179.55.175) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.84/v0.84-167-ge50287c) with ESMTP; Fri, 02 Aug 2013 19:38:20 +0000 Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout23.012.net.il by a-mtaout23.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0MQX00D0051KR100@a-mtaout23.012.net.il> for gdb-patches@sourceware.org; Fri, 02 Aug 2013 22:38:11 +0300 (IDT) Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by a-mtaout23.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0MQX00DDH57NNT90@a-mtaout23.012.net.il>; Fri, 02 Aug 2013 22:38:11 +0300 (IDT) Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2013 19:38:00 -0000 From: Eli Zaretskii Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 4/4] introduce parallel mode In-reply-to: <87bo5fdho0.fsf@fleche.redhat.com> To: Tom Tromey Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org Reply-to: Eli Zaretskii Message-id: <83zjszyjbv.fsf@gnu.org> References: <1375457773-863-1-git-send-email-tromey@redhat.com> <1375457773-863-5-git-send-email-tromey@redhat.com> <834nb8yntk.fsf@gnu.org> <87mwp0c52c.fsf@fleche.redhat.com> <8338qsylu4.fsf@gnu.org> <87iozoc4kf.fsf@fleche.redhat.com> <831u6bzyuo.fsf@gnu.org> <87bo5fdho0.fsf@fleche.redhat.com> X-SW-Source: 2013-08/txt/msg00101.txt.bz2 > From: Tom Tromey > 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.