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From: Doug Evans <dje@google.com>
To: Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
Cc: pmuldoon@redhat.com, gdb-patches@sourceware.org
Subject: Re: [patch] Add an evaluation function hook to Python breakpoints.
Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 16:34:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <AANLkTikk03p4m+s0k+UD8RRVy8YL7wYZsLhy2GNc6d8q@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m3fwtq51zj.fsf@fleche.redhat.com>

On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 12:01 PM, Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com> wrote:
>>>>>> "Doug" == Doug Evans <dje@google.com> writes:
>
> Doug> For example, what happens after a checker employing stop_p says
> Doug> "stop"?  There's nothing more in the API that helps the user know
> Doug> *why* the checker said "stop".  At the moment the API doesn't provide
> Doug> anything.  Checkers will have to print an error message, but I have a
> Doug> feeling something more will be useful.
> Doug> [Did you have something in mind, or am I missing something?]
>
> The method in question is attached to a particular breakpoint.  So, if
> it requests a stop, it will be reported as coming from that breakpoint.

That feels a bit subtle (and easy for the user to confuse with a
normal breakpoint).
[e.g. as compared to getting a SIGSEGV]

Plus will it also breakdown if a developer sets his/her own breakpoint
at that location?


  reply	other threads:[~2010-12-22 15:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-12-13 13:50 Phil Muldoon
2010-12-13 14:19 ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-12-13 14:47   ` Phil Muldoon
2010-12-13 15:07     ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-12-13 17:21       ` Phil Muldoon
2010-12-13 17:46         ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-12-13 14:33 ` Pedro Alves
2010-12-13 14:56   ` Phil Muldoon
2010-12-13 15:07     ` Pedro Alves
2010-12-13 20:45 ` Doug Evans
2010-12-13 21:02   ` Phil Muldoon
2010-12-14  3:31     ` Doug Evans
2010-12-14 17:18       ` Phil Muldoon
2010-12-14 17:28   ` Tom Tromey
2010-12-14 19:51     ` Phil Muldoon
2010-12-14 20:00       ` Phil Muldoon
2010-12-15 15:34     ` Phil Muldoon
2010-12-15 20:51       ` Tom Tromey
2011-01-27 12:44         ` Phil Muldoon
     [not found]           ` <AANLkTimi6ugruNAqUGHni8Kvkz+B5-s2aAkEoTY2D_gT@mail.gmail.com>
2011-01-27 21:40             ` Phil Muldoon
2011-01-28 10:42           ` Tom Tromey
2010-12-15 16:21     ` Doug Evans
2010-12-15 20:57       ` Tom Tromey
2010-12-21 17:33         ` Doug Evans
2010-12-21 20:02           ` Tom Tromey
2010-12-22 16:34             ` Doug Evans [this message]
2010-12-22 17:35               ` Tom Tromey
2010-12-28  5:53                 ` Doug Evans
2011-01-05 18:35                   ` Tom Tromey
2011-01-05 20:23                     ` Phil Muldoon
2011-01-09 20:32                       ` Doug Evans
2010-12-14 17:46   ` Pedro Alves
2010-12-14 16:35 ` Tom Tromey
2010-12-14 17:02   ` Phil Muldoon
2010-12-14 17:48     ` Tom Tromey
2010-12-14 16:42 ` Tom Tromey

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