On 5/18/21 4:42 PM, Tom Tromey wrote:
>>>>>> "Simon" == Simon Marchi via Gdb-patches <gdb-patches@sourceware.org> writes:
> 
> Simon> That sounds useful.  I think that "ignore-errors" is a good initial
> Simon> name, because it's clear and self-describing.  We can always find and
> Simon> add a short alias later.
> 
> Fedora has shipped a Python implementation of exactly this for a while now.
> So, +1 for this name and approach from me.
> 
> One question is whether it should catch 'quit'.  I tend to think not but
> it should be considered.
> 
> There is some other prior art too:
> 
>     https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8487
> 
> ignore-errors covers all the uses I've ever wanted personally, though,
> so I think it would be fine to just go with that.  However if someone is
> feeling more maximal, try-catch would also be an ok addition.

[ Thanks all for the feedback.  Replying to latest email, CC-ing Andrew. ]

Changes:
- now a proper command
- added error reporting
- added completion
- mention try-catch patch
- mention pre-existing implementation on distros
- mention quit behaviour.

I'm doing a build & reg-test now.

Thanks,
- Tom