From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 11262 invoked by alias); 28 Jun 2010 16:52:45 -0000 Received: (qmail 11246 invoked by uid 22791); 28 Jun 2010 16:52:44 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-5.9 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, 28 Jun 2010 16:52:39 +0000 Received: from int-mx05.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx05.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.18]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id o5SGqYjl029312 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Mon, 28 Jun 2010 12:52:34 -0400 Received: from ns3.rdu.redhat.com (ns3.rdu.redhat.com [10.11.255.199]) by int-mx05.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id o5SGqXGq002260; Mon, 28 Jun 2010 12:52:33 -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 o5SGqWtj020466; Mon, 28 Jun 2010 12:52:32 -0400 Received: by opsy.redhat.com (Postfix, from userid 500) id 64C21378967; Mon, 28 Jun 2010 10:52:32 -0600 (MDT) From: Tom Tromey To: =?utf-8?B?QW5kcsOpIFDDtm5pdHo=?= Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org Subject: Re: [patch] PR python/11407 References: <4C23426F.4020502@redhat.com> <4C23D5CB.5040702@redhat.com> <201006280826.08385.andre.poenitz@nokia.com> Reply-To: tromey@redhat.com Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 16:52:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: <201006280826.08385.andre.poenitz@nokia.com> (=?utf-8?Q?=22An?= =?utf-8?Q?dr=C3=A9_P=C3=B6nitz=22's?= message of "Mon, 28 Jun 2010 08:26:08 +0200") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1 (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: 2010-06/txt/msg00635.txt.bz2 >>>>> "Andr=C3=A9" =3D=3D Andr=C3=A9 P=C3=B6nitz = writes: Andr=C3=A9> I'd guess it would be nice for a front end to get a hint that Andr=C3=A9> something unusual happened in case it wants to have some kind of Andr=C3=A9> special handling of such cases (like localizing the error Andr=C3=A9> message). Andr=C3=A9> A separate field error=3D"...", or perhaps value=3D" variable: %s>" as suggested with an additional field iserror=3D= "1" Andr=C3=A9> would be easier to handle than checking the "value" field for Andr=C3=A9> well-known strings, especially if such content could be legal Andr=C3=A9> output in some cases, too. That would be fine with me. I am curious to hear what Volodya wants. Andr=C3=A9> [But take this with a grain of salt, I/we haven't used MI for Andr=C3=A9> data retrieval for a while now, so maybe there are already enou= gh Andr=C3=A9> hints in the output nowadays.] What do you use? Tom