From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 30840 invoked by alias); 30 Aug 2011 17:00:30 -0000 Received: (qmail 30810 invoked by uid 22791); 30 Aug 2011 17:00:28 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-7.2 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; Tue, 30 Aug 2011 17:00:06 +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 p7UH04S2020245 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Tue, 30 Aug 2011 13:00:05 -0400 Received: from ns3.rdu.redhat.com (ns3.rdu.redhat.com [10.11.255.199]) by int-mx10.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p7UH04ie010435; Tue, 30 Aug 2011 13:00:04 -0400 Received: from barimba (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 p7UH02XN014689; Tue, 30 Aug 2011 13:00:03 -0400 From: Tom Tromey To: dje@google.com (Doug Evans) Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org Subject: Re: [RFC] stept, nextt, finisht, untilt, continuet References: <20110830014851.78030246131@ruffy.mtv.corp.google.com> Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 17:00:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: <20110830014851.78030246131@ruffy.mtv.corp.google.com> (Doug Evans's message of "Mon, 29 Aug 2011 18:48:51 -0700 (PDT)") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain 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/msg00613.txt.bz2 >>>>> "Doug" == Doug Evans writes: Doug> Sometimes I want to run with scheduler-locking on, but having to Doug> turn it on, perform the command, and remember to turn it off Doug> afterwards is annoying. Doug> Another way to go would be to add a "-t" option to these commands. I was experimenting with generic prefix commands, e.g. "verbose". I think of them as adverbs. This is just food for thought, I am ok with any of these approaches. Tom import gdb class VerboseCmd(gdb.Command): def __init__(self, name): gdb.Command.__init__(self, name, gdb.COMMAND_SUPPORT) def invoke(self, arg, from_tty): if gdb.parameter('verbose'): save = 'on' else: save = 'off' gdb.execute('set verbose on', to_string = True) try: gdb.execute(arg, from_tty) finally: gdb.execute('set verbose ' + save, to_string = True) VerboseCmd('verbose')