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From: Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
To: Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
Subject: Re: RFC: fix crash when inferior exits during "continue"
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Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:05:00 -0000
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>>>>> "Jan" == Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com> writes:

Jan> Maybe during make_cleanup_restore_current_thread temporarily
Jan> remember + clear inferior-> removable instead.

I hadn't considered this, but it is an interesting idea.

It would have the maybe odd effect of leaving the dead inferior around
as long as it was selected.  Maybe this is even the clearest thing to
do; I am not sure.

Do you (or anybody) have an opinion on which is better?

Tom