From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 27613 invoked by alias); 7 Dec 2012 19:47:22 -0000 Received: (qmail 27605 invoked by uid 22791); 7 Dec 2012 19:47:21 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-6.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,KHOP_RCVD_UNTRUST,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RP_MATCHES_RCVD,SPF_HELO_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mx1.redhat.com (HELO mx1.redhat.com) (209.132.183.28) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Fri, 07 Dec 2012 19:47:17 +0000 Received: from int-mx02.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx02.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.12]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id qB7JlDNm020462 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Fri, 7 Dec 2012 14:47:14 -0500 Received: from barimba (ovpn01.gateway.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.9.1]) by int-mx02.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id qB7JlC3N025148 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO); Fri, 7 Dec 2012 14:47:13 -0500 From: Tom Tromey To: Jan Kratochvil Cc: =?utf-8?B?QW5kcsOpIFDDtm5pdHo=?= , gdb-patches@sourceware.org Subject: Re: RFC: implement "catch signal" References: <874nkpv03j.fsf@fleche.redhat.com> <20121202093807.GA21883@host2.jankratochvil.net> <87y5hfvu5v.fsf@fleche.redhat.com> <20121203193713.GA10256@host2.jankratochvil.net> <87obibvsb1.fsf@fleche.redhat.com> <20121203202233.GA23933@klara.mpi.htwm.de> <20121203203126.GA13490@host2.jankratochvil.net> <87mwxpvh4y.fsf@fleche.redhat.com> <20121207184456.GA15968@host2.jankratochvil.net> Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2012 19:47:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: <20121207184456.GA15968@host2.jankratochvil.net> (Jan Kratochvil's message of "Fri, 7 Dec 2012 19:44:56 +0100") Message-ID: <87ehj1ve4f.fsf@fleche.redhat.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.2.90 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain 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 X-SW-Source: 2012-12/txt/msg00204.txt.bz2 >>>>> "Jan" == Jan Kratochvil writes: Jan> I proposed the scheme above so that 'what' can remain still a Jan> string while it also differentiates the various sub-kinds of the Jan> 'catchpoint' type. Yeah, but why? The "type" field is clearly intended for this. It seems strange to overload an existing field and then add new fields. Furthermore I don't think that the current situation was done intentionally. It must be an oversight. Tom