From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 1310 invoked by alias); 21 Sep 2009 17:03:13 -0000 Received: (qmail 1120 invoked by uid 22791); 21 Sep 2009 17:03:12 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from imr1.ericy.com (HELO imr1.ericy.com) (198.24.6.9) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:03:07 +0000 Received: from eusrcmw750.eamcs.ericsson.se (eusrcmw750.exu.ericsson.se [138.85.77.50]) by imr1.ericy.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id n8LH2JtA012028; Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:02:22 -0500 Received: from eusrcmw751.eamcs.ericsson.se ([138.85.77.51]) by eusrcmw750.eamcs.ericsson.se with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:02:20 -0500 Received: from eusaamw0711.eamcs.ericsson.se ([147.117.20.178]) by eusrcmw751.eamcs.ericsson.se with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:02:19 -0500 Received: from EUSAACMS0703.eamcs.ericsson.se ([169.254.1.17]) by eusaamw0711.eamcs.ericsson.se ([147.117.20.178]) with mapi; Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:02:19 -0400 From: Marc Khouzam To: "'Joel Brobecker'" , "'Vladimir Prus'" CC: "'gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com'" Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:03:00 -0000 Subject: RE: [MI] -stack-list-variables Message-ID: References: <200909191412.37692.vladimir@codesourcery.com> <20090921152746.GY8910@adacore.com> <200909212002.44063.vladimir@codesourcery.com> <20090921162732.GZ8910@adacore.com> In-Reply-To: <20090921162732.GZ8910@adacore.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2009-09/txt/msg00675.txt.bz2 =20 > -----Original Message----- > From: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org=20 > [mailto:gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org] On Behalf Of Joel Brobecker > Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 12:28 PM > To: Vladimir Prus > Cc: gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com > Subject: Re: [MI] -stack-list-variables >=20 >>> But what would happen the day a front-end starts caring? Are they >>> going to have to send 2 MI commands to get the info? >>=20 >> No. The frontend author would write an email to gdb@sources.redhat.com, >> explaining the reasons, and a new field will be added as result. That's >> how I'd prefer MI to evolve, as opposed to adding information ahead of >> the time. A disadvantage with this approach is that this feature would only be available in the GDB release that occurred after the feature request. A frontend that would request the feature could not offer the same=20 functionality with older GDBs.=20=20 We can't prepare for everything of course, but in this case, why not? Just my thoughts Marc