Re: Status of 'blacklist' patch?

Stan Shebs
2011-10-26T00:27:13Z

On 10/25/2011 01:16 PM, Justin Lebar wrote:
> In the unlikely case that I actually opened the manual (not because
> it's no good, but because most people I know who use GDB aren't aware
> of the manual -- it's not well-linked on the web), I think the fact
> that there are |skip file| and |skip function| commands would clear
> things up pretty quickly.
>
> There's a cost to a comment like this; it's not useful to most
> readers, but they have to parse it anyway. (What the heck does "skip
> function file" mean?)

Another purpose for having niggling details in the manual is that in the
absence of a formal specification, the manual is our promise to users of
what they should expect to work, and how it will work. So users find
themselves referring to the manual when they try something that seems
obvious, and are surprised that it doesn't work as expected.

> But again, I don't really have a stake in this either way. I just
> want to get my patch in. :)

I'd like to see a new rollup with all the feedback incorporated, I've
lost track of the state... :-)

Stan