Re: [patch] python prompt additions at first prompt.

Pedro Alves
2011-08-29T16:39:38Z

On Monday 29 August 2011 17:22:48, Matt Rice wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 8:07 AM, Matt Rice <ratmice@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 7:44 AM, Pedro Alves <pedro@codesourcery.com> wrote:
> >> On Friday 12 August 2011 14:10:17, Matt Rice wrote:
> >>> it seems clearer to return early in all sync_execution cases, and
> >>> limit the potential for introducing the double prompting type of bug.
> >>> I haven't been able to find any problems with this approach.
> >>
> >> I think this breaks the pagination prompt in async mode. Try setting
> >> a breakpoint in a loop, with a command list that just continues:
> >>
> >> (gdb) b inloop
> >> (gdb) commands
> >> Type commands for breakpoint(s) 2, one per line.
> >> End with a line saying just "end".
> >>>c
> >>>end
> >> (gdb) c
> >
> > Yeah it does, thank you for pointing this out.
> >
>

> Here is a version of my previous patch, which doesn't suffer from this failure.
> I have added comments explaining that we really do want to display an
> empty prompt in this case.
>
> hopefully this clears up any confusion...

Thanks. I'd like to take a look at this. Let me clear a few other pending
async things first, and I'll get back on this.

--
Pedro Alves