From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 8263 invoked by alias); 20 Dec 2013 16:26:40 -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 8252 invoked by uid 89); 20 Dec 2013 16:26:39 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-3.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RP_MATCHES_RCVD,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: mx1.redhat.com Received: from mx1.redhat.com (HELO mx1.redhat.com) (209.132.183.28) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Fri, 20 Dec 2013 16:26:39 +0000 Received: from int-mx11.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx11.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.24]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id rBKGQaOw031413 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Fri, 20 Dec 2013 11:26:36 -0500 Received: from barimba (ovpn-113-93.phx2.redhat.com [10.3.113.93]) by int-mx11.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id rBKGQYne017238 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO); Fri, 20 Dec 2013 11:26:35 -0500 From: Tom Tromey To: Doug Evans Cc: Phil Muldoon , "gdb-patches\@sourceware.org" Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/13] script language API for GDB References: <52A1C990.1010703@redhat.com> Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2013 16:26:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: (Doug Evans's message of "Fri, 06 Dec 2013 08:06:54 -0800") Message-ID: <87sitnij45.fsf@fleche.redhat.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-SW-Source: 2013-12/txt/msg00843.txt.bz2 >>>>> "Doug" == Doug Evans writes: Doug> One thought I have for this is "info guile pretty-printer", etc. Doug> That simplifies a lot of things. From a u/i perspective it has Doug> both plusses and minuses, but I like it overall. The problem with this approach is that it assumes that the user both knows and cares in which extension language a given feature is implemented. However, I don't believe either of those is true in the most common situations. My experience with the libstdc++ printers is that most people want them to "just work" and that any amount of required under-the-hood knowledge is too much of a burden. Tom