Re: [RFA] Process record and replay, 10/10

[teawater <teawater@gmail.com>]

Thanks Eli.

On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 17:23, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
>> Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2008 12:39:44 +0800
>> From: teawater <teawater@gmail.com>
>> Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
>>
>> >> +@chapter Recording programs running message and replay it
>> >
>> > I don't understand this phrase.  What did you want to say? what does
>> > the word "message" have to do with this feature?
>>
>> What about "Recording inferior execute log and replay it"?
>
> If this is the intent, then I suggest simply
>
>  Recording inferior's execution and replaying it
>
> (The fact that you record execution log is an implementation detail,
> and certainly does not need to be stated in the chapter's name.)
>

OK. I will use it.

>> > Is the command "target record" or just "record"? or is the latter an
>> > alias of the former?  We need to explain all this in the manual,
>> > because the @item says "target record", while in the last sentence
>> > above you say that the command is "record"
>>
>> "target record" is the real command.
>> "record" is a command call "target record". I want it to be the alias
>> of "target record"
>> "rec" is a alias of "record".
>
> The aliases should be described in the manual.

OK. I will.

>
>> What about change "@code{record}" to "@code{target record}"?
>
> Fine with me.
>
>> > By the way, I think we need a NEWS entry for this feature.
>> >
>>
>> What about add this:
>>
>> * Process record and replay
>>
>>   Record inferior execute log and replay it.
>
> OK, but I think at least one or two more sentences describing the
> feature would be nice.
>

What about this:

* Process record and replay

  In a architecture environment that supports process record and
  replay, process record and replay target can record a log of the
  process execution, and replay it with both forward and reverse
  execute commands.