Re: [Patch] Bug 8287: Skip uninteresting functions while debugging

Justin Lebar
2010-07-23T19:50:35Z

Justin> I'm not sure I like "enable blacklist".  The problem is that
Justin> "blacklist" is a noun referring to the list of all functions we
Justin> skip and also a verb meaning "add an entry to the blacklist".
Justin> "Enable blacklist" sounds to me like we're enabling an entire
Justin> list of blacklist entries.

Tom> Yeah, that makes sense.
Tom> Yes, that would be good.  Any ideas for names?

Maybe we could use "skip":

skip function foo
skip file bar
info skip
delete skip 1
disable skip 42

"Ignore" might also work, but I don't like "delete ignore 1", or
"enable ignore 2".

-Justin