Re: [RFC] A new command 'grep'

[Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>]

> Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2012 10:30:55 +0530
> From: Siva Chandra <sivachandra@google.com>
> 
> Attached is a patch which implements a 'grep' command using the GDB
> Python API. The idea behind the 'grep' command is as follows. We often
> have deep data structures and are probably interested in some one
> particular field or value embedded somewhere deep in that data
> structure. For such cases, instead of typing the complete expression
> for the field, we can use the 'grep' command to lookup the field or
> value of interest.

Thanks.

I think this is the first time we receive a proposal for a command
implemented in Python.  Perhaps there's a place to discuss whether
some policy is in order in this regard.  E.g., the command will be
unavailable in non-Python builds, which at least needs to be
documented.  There may be other aspects that are worth discussing.

If this is accepted, it will need user-level documentation.

I cannot say I like the name "grep".  Users will associate that name
with the Unix command that searches through files, which is radically
different from what your command does.  How about "lookup-fields"
instead?