From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from simark.ca by simark.ca with LMTP id kPU4JP7GX2MDgxIAWB0awg (envelope-from ) for ; Mon, 31 Oct 2022 09:00:46 -0400 Received: by simark.ca (Postfix, from userid 112) id 838CD1E124; Mon, 31 Oct 2022 09:00:46 -0400 (EDT) Authentication-Results: simark.ca; dkim=pass (1024-bit key; secure) header.d=sourceware.org header.i=@sourceware.org header.a=rsa-sha256 header.s=default header.b=ZSBZBgQU; dkim-atps=neutral X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on simark.ca X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,NICE_REPLY_A, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 Received: from sourceware.org (server2.sourceware.org [8.43.85.97]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by simark.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3437B1E0CB for ; Mon, 31 Oct 2022 09:00:46 -0400 (EDT) Received: from server2.sourceware.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 61486385DC10 for ; Mon, 31 Oct 2022 13:00:45 +0000 (GMT) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 sourceware.org 61486385DC10 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=sourceware.org; s=default; t=1667221245; bh=bj2EY2FZR9umR35lpmZomhVUYARyPGbmQOReXZmB448=; h=Date:Subject:To:References:In-Reply-To:List-Id:List-Unsubscribe: List-Archive:List-Post:List-Help:List-Subscribe:From:Reply-To:Cc: From; b=ZSBZBgQUrO4PFic8RtRwDdRfxXqzcYkE3x+bFzI926LqSr5Wn8eJuC5QOQ4AjjV4o CnQSdx0j0PMvpFI9q02aW4a/VKL9uNb4rlT2N/Xgf3WeOZwH5cxnMDZ/8zWDEvvPHE /HvxYdAMb57apqzvHQFd41fOZCK9A6HB3lgqIakk= Received: from smtp.polymtl.ca (smtp.polymtl.ca [132.207.4.11]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 59F153854173 for ; Mon, 31 Oct 2022 13:00:23 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org 59F153854173 Received: from simark.ca (simark.ca [158.69.221.121]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.polymtl.ca (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id 29VD0E0T027022 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT); Mon, 31 Oct 2022 09:00:19 -0400 DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 smtp.polymtl.ca 29VD0E0T027022 Received: from [10.0.0.11] (unknown [217.28.27.60]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (128/128 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by simark.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 2E69F1E0CB; Mon, 31 Oct 2022 09:00:14 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <9777b2ab-49db-e203-377f-5f64022421e7@polymtl.ca> Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2022 09:00:11 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:102.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/102.4.0 Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 5/8] GDB/Python: Use None for `var_zuinteger_unlimited' value set to `unlimited' Content-Language: en-US To: "Maciej W. Rozycki" References: <0cf90df8-6943-212a-b4c5-bd5301b44369@polymtl.ca> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Poly-FromMTA: (simark.ca [158.69.221.121]) at Mon, 31 Oct 2022 13:00:14 +0000 X-BeenThere: gdb-patches@sourceware.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Gdb-patches mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , From: Simon Marchi via Gdb-patches Reply-To: Simon Marchi Cc: Simon Sobisch , Tom Tromey , gdb-patches@sourceware.org Errors-To: gdb-patches-bounces+public-inbox=simark.ca@sourceware.org Sender: "Gdb-patches" >> And I do agree that fixing the API once will reduce the long-term costs >> for everybody (us and users bumping in the inconsistency and losing >> time). So, I am fine with fixing PARAM_ZUINTEGER_UNLIMITED in this >> case. > > Good. Given that you are in favour to making this change and Andrew was > against, do you think we need another opinion? Have we reached consensus? I didn't know Andrew was against, can you point me to that discussion? If the thing is usable as-is, despite being awkward, the alternative is to just document as clearly as possible the awkwardness. Simon