From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 18071 invoked by alias); 24 Aug 2011 11:42:44 -0000 Received: (qmail 18055 invoked by uid 22791); 24 Aug 2011 11:42:43 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-6.7 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RP_MATCHES_RCVD,SPF_HELO_PASS 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; Wed, 24 Aug 2011 11:42:29 +0000 Received: from int-mx10.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx10.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.23]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p7OBgRYD003497 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Wed, 24 Aug 2011 07:42:27 -0400 Received: from localhost.localdomain (ovpn01.gateway.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.9.1]) by int-mx10.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p7OBgPJM019019; Wed, 24 Aug 2011 07:42:26 -0400 From: Phil Muldoon To: Andrew Oakley Cc: Tom Tromey , Daniel Jacobowitz , gdb-patches@sourceware.org, gdb@sourceware.org Subject: Re: Some Python ideas, looking for feedback References: <09787EF419216C41A903FD14EE5506DD0151D583A2@AUSX7MCPC103.AMER.DELL.COM> <201108161345.33448.andre.poenitz@nokia.com> <09787EF419216C41A903FD14EE5506DD0151D585D2@AUSX7MCPC103.AMER.DELL.COM> <20110817193710.59945561@ado-gentoo> <20110817201316.64fc14e5@ado-gentoo> <4E54C8C6.3020309@ado.is-a-geek.net> Reply-to: pmuldoon@redhat.com X-URL: http://www.redhat.com Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2011 11:42:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: <4E54C8C6.3020309@ado.is-a-geek.net> (Andrew Oakley's message of "Wed, 24 Aug 2011 10:47:50 +0100") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii 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: 2011-08/txt/msg00436.txt.bz2 Andrew Oakley writes: > On 19/08/11 15:13, Tom Tromey wrote: >>>>>>> "Daniel" == Daniel Jacobowitz writes: >> >> Daniel> I don't suppose we can avoid exposing this internal C wart to Python, >> Daniel> and expose it some other way... ? >> >> I think it depends on whether we have shipped it or not. >> If we have, then perhaps someone is using it; in that case I would >> rather not break it. > > Yes, you've shipped it. At least one person is using it (me). I'd > prefer it if this didn't go away. > >> However, even in that case, we can still add a new attribute with a >> better name and recommend that people use it. > > Thats fair enough, but for now can we please get the documentation updated? Didn't Eli already approve it? If so, do you have FSF paperwork filed (I'm not a maintainer, so I won't hazard a guess if this is ok to be posted by another committer). OTOH, if you see yourself doing more GDB hacking, and do not have paperwork, best to get that underway. Sometimes there can be long delays in that process. Cheers Phil