Re: [RFA] print arrays with indexes

Eli Zaretskii
2005-09-18T03:37:27Z

> Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 14:51:38 -0700
> From: Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>
>
> > Then doesn't it make sense to agree on the interface first? :-)
>
> Right! I just wanted to hear a few other opinions to choose.
> Perhaps Eli and/or Mark would like to comment?
>
> In any case:
>
> > You suggested on/off/auto and a separate threshold. Jim suggested
> > on/off/threshold. I prefer on/off/threshold of those two options,
> > although it may be a bit tricky to get GDB to handle that correctly.
> > Want to give it a try, or continue discussing alternatives?
>
> I'm willing to give it a try. I couldn't find a mechanism in our
> "set/show" machinery that handled something like this, though.
> Unless I missed it, that's something I'll need to add too.

I don't see any disadvantages to the on/off/auto+threshold method that
would justify yet another add_* interface. Can someone please tell
why is that a good idea?