From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 128187 invoked by alias); 2 May 2018 16:01:44 -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 128161 invoked by uid 89); 2 May 2018 16:01:43 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-7.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,GIT_PATCH_1,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_HELO_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 spammy=Hx-languages-length:1026, HX-HELO:sk:gateway, tromeycom, UD:tromey.com X-HELO: gateway32.websitewelcome.com Received: from gateway32.websitewelcome.com (HELO gateway32.websitewelcome.com) (192.185.145.184) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Wed, 02 May 2018 16:01:38 +0000 Received: from cm11.websitewelcome.com (cm11.websitewelcome.com [100.42.49.5]) by gateway32.websitewelcome.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id AEBEF72BAF3 for ; Wed, 2 May 2018 11:01:35 -0500 (CDT) Received: from box5379.bluehost.com ([162.241.216.53]) by cmsmtp with SMTP id DuCFftXoAA3CSDuCFfy2NG; Wed, 02 May 2018 11:01:35 -0500 X-Authority-Reason: nr=8 Received: from 97-122-176-117.hlrn.qwest.net ([97.122.176.117]:58448 helo=bapiya) by box5379.bluehost.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89_1) (envelope-from ) id 1fDuCF-003GkV-F2; Wed, 02 May 2018 11:01:35 -0500 From: Tom Tromey To: Eli Zaretskii Cc: Tom Tromey , gdb-patches@sourceware.org Subject: Re: [RFA] Handle var_zuinteger and var_zuinteger_unlimited from Python References: <20180426222003.9059-1-tom@tromey.com> <83d0ylupf7.fsf@gnu.org> Date: Wed, 02 May 2018 16:01:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: <83d0ylupf7.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Fri, 27 Apr 2018 09:35:56 +0300") Message-ID: <871seu6o81.fsf@tromey.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.0.91 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-BWhitelist: no X-Source-L: No X-Exim-ID: 1fDuCF-003GkV-F2 X-Source-Sender: 97-122-176-117.hlrn.qwest.net (bapiya) [97.122.176.117]:58448 X-Source-Auth: tom+tromey.com X-Email-Count: 2 X-Source-Cap: ZWx5bnJvYmk7ZWx5bnJvYmk7Ym94NTM3OS5ibHVlaG9zdC5jb20= X-Local-Domain: yes X-SW-Source: 2018-05/txt/msg00015.txt.bz2 >> +@findex PARAM_ZUINTEGER_UNLIMITED >> +@findex gdb.PARAM_ZUINTEGER_UNLIMITED >> +@item gdb.PARAM_ZUINTEGER_UNLIMITED >> +The value is an unsigned integer. This is like @code{PARAM_ZUINTEGER}, >> +except 0 is interpreted as itself, and the special value -1 should be >> +interpreted to mean ``unlimited''. Other negative values are not >> +allowed. >> + Eli> This part is approved, but it sounds like only 1 of the 3 differences Eli> from PARAM_ZUINTEGER should actually be mentioned, as the other 2 -- Eli> that 0 is interpreted as itself and negative values are generally not Eli> allowed -- are already present in PARAM_ZUINTEGER. Or did I miss Eli> something? No, you didn't, that seems correct to me. Also the value is actually signed. I've changed it to: The value is an signed integer. This is like @code{PARAM_ZUINTEGER}, except the special value -1 should be interpreted to mean ``unlimited''. Other negative values are not allowed. Tom