From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 22656 invoked by alias); 25 Apr 2011 19:29:21 -0000 Received: (qmail 22646 invoked by uid 22791); 25 Apr 2011 19:29:20 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-6.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,SPF_HELO_PASS,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mx1.redhat.com (HELO mx1.redhat.com) (209.132.183.28) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Mon, 25 Apr 2011 19:29:03 +0000 Received: from int-mx12.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx12.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.25]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p3PJT1BP025374 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Mon, 25 Apr 2011 15:29:01 -0400 Received: from ns3.rdu.redhat.com (ns3.rdu.redhat.com [10.11.255.199]) by int-mx12.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p3PJT0He005031; Mon, 25 Apr 2011 15:29:01 -0400 Received: from opsy.redhat.com (ovpn01.gateway.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.9.1]) by ns3.rdu.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id p3PJT07g030889; Mon, 25 Apr 2011 15:29:00 -0400 Received: by opsy.redhat.com (Postfix, from userid 500) id F0C953781C7; Mon, 25 Apr 2011 13:28:59 -0600 (MDT) From: Tom Tromey To: Kevin Pouget Cc: pmuldoon@redhat.com, gdb-patches@sourceware.org Subject: Re: [patch] [python] python/12686 References: Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 19:29:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: (Kevin Pouget's message of "Wed, 20 Apr 2011 22:09:32 +0200") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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: 2011-04/txt/msg00454.txt.bz2 >>>>> "Kevin" =3D=3D Kevin Pouget writes: Tom> =C2=A0TBH I think asking the user questions here is weird. Kevin> I'm not sure about the right way to do, I haven't had time to consid= er Kevin> your suggestion on the main mailing list, but if you consider the Kevin> situation where you want to ask the user (from Python) if s/he wants Kevin> to stop the inferior. I would suggest simply not asking. Kevin> Currently, one way would be to do it here, the other would be in the Kevin> "stop" event handler, with `gdb.execute("continue")', but I don't Kevin> really like this solution, being under a Python callstack during the Kevin> execution seems a bit strange, doesn't it ? Yeah, if you are committed to asking, then I agree about the placement of the query. Tom