From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 31257 invoked by alias); 27 Apr 2017 23:16:30 -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 31193 invoked by uid 89); 27 Apr 2017 23:16:22 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-3.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 spammy=Hx-languages-length:867 X-HELO: gproxy2.mail.unifiedlayer.com Received: from gproxy2-pub.mail.unifiedlayer.com (HELO gproxy2.mail.unifiedlayer.com) (69.89.18.3) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Thu, 27 Apr 2017 23:16:21 +0000 Received: from cmgw4 (unknown [10.0.90.85]) by gproxy2.mail.unifiedlayer.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A0A21E06AA for ; Thu, 27 Apr 2017 17:16:22 -0600 (MDT) Received: from box522.bluehost.com ([74.220.219.122]) by cmgw4 with id DbGK1v00G2f2jeq01bGNPL; Thu, 27 Apr 2017 17:16:22 -0600 X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.2 cv=QdwWhoTv c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=GsOEXm/OWkKvwdLVJsfwcA==:117 a=GsOEXm/OWkKvwdLVJsfwcA==:17 a=AzvcPWV-tVgA:10 a=KWRn4r7bwe5iT9IMGb8A:9 Received: from 75-166-63-71.hlrn.qwest.net ([75.166.63.71]:56318 helo=bapiya) by box522.bluehost.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256) (Exim 4.87) (envelope-from ) id 1d3se3-00062V-8C; Thu, 27 Apr 2017 17:16:19 -0600 From: Tom Tromey To: Simon Marchi Cc: Tom Tromey , gdb-patches@sourceware.org Subject: Re: [RFA 2/2] PR cli/19551 - change formatting of "Reading symbols" messages References: <20170413041504.14435-1-tom@tromey.com> <20170413041504.14435-3-tom@tromey.com> Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2017 23:16:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: (Simon Marchi's message of "Thu, 27 Apr 2017 17:40:17 -0400") Message-ID: <87zif130hp.fsf@tromey.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-BWhitelist: no X-Exim-ID: 1d3se3-00062V-8C X-Source-Sender: 75-166-63-71.hlrn.qwest.net (bapiya) [75.166.63.71]:56318 X-Source-Auth: tom+tromey.com X-Email-Count: 2 X-Source-Cap: ZWx5bnJvYmk7ZWx5bnJvYmk7Ym94NTIyLmJsdWVob3N0LmNvbQ== X-SW-Source: 2017-04/txt/msg00759.txt.bz2 >>>>> "Simon" == Simon Marchi writes: Simon> However, I think that feature would deserve a patch of its own Simon> with a more expressive title. I am sure many people will be Simon> interested, but like this it's hidden under some obscure bug fix. I imagine most users don't read the history but rather would notice when gdb's behavior changes. Simon> Would it be possible to make this patch a simple bug fix and put the Simon> progress bar in a patch of its own? I guess it would require some delayed output machinery, like what is in this patch. I don't really see the benefit of doing this transform -- it seems like a good amount of work for the same result in the end. However, I don't mind if you, or someone else, wants to take this over. thanks, Tom