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From: Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
To: Keith Seitz <keiths@redhat.com>
Cc: "gdb-patches\@sourceware.org ml" <gdb-patches@sourceware.org>
Subject: Re: [RFA 1/2] Linespec rewrite (update 2)
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:37:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87r4waqc38.fsf@fleche.redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4F75D859.1010907@redhat.com> (Keith Seitz's message of "Fri, 30	Mar 2012 08:59:21 -0700")

>>>>> "Keith" == Keith Seitz <keiths@redhat.com> writes:

Tom> What is the rationale for having a linespec where parts are ignored?
Tom> I couldn't think of a use for it.  And, if current cvs rejects it, then
Tom> it seems like it is interfering with a useful future feature as well.

Keith> I agree, but perhaps I simply misunderstood Joel?

Keith> http://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2012-03/msg00904.html

I read the followup more as a request for the feature to be added:

http://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2012-03/msg00907.html

However, I think that it is better to have this patch be as
behavior-unchanging as reasonably possible and leave feature additions
for follow-up patches.

Tom


  reply	other threads:[~2012-03-30 16:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-03-26 23:18 Keith Seitz
2012-03-27  1:45 ` asmwarrior
2012-03-28 18:55   ` Tom Tromey
2012-03-27 13:56 ` Joel Brobecker
2012-03-27 14:31   ` Keith Seitz
2012-03-27 14:54     ` Joel Brobecker
2012-03-27 15:05       ` Joel Brobecker
2012-03-27 18:08         ` Keith Seitz
2012-03-28 20:46 ` Tom Tromey
2012-03-29 19:18   ` Keith Seitz
2012-03-30 15:34     ` Tom Tromey
2012-03-30 15:59       ` Keith Seitz
2012-03-30 16:37         ` Tom Tromey [this message]
2012-03-30 17:09           ` Joel Brobecker
2012-03-30 17:56             ` Tom Tromey
2012-03-30 18:05               ` Keith Seitz
2012-04-03 23:22                 ` Keith Seitz
2012-04-05 15:22                   ` Tom Tromey
2012-04-05 15:55                     ` Doug Evans
2012-04-05 19:01                       ` Keith Seitz
2012-07-22 19:33                   ` Andreas Schwab
2012-07-23 17:57                     ` Keith Seitz
2012-07-23 18:55                       ` Tom Tromey
2012-07-23 21:13                         ` Keith Seitz
2012-04-03 21:19 ` Doug Evans
2012-04-03 23:14   ` Keith Seitz

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