From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 28684 invoked by alias); 30 Nov 2011 19:35:59 -0000 Received: (qmail 28595 invoked by uid 22791); 30 Nov 2011 19:35:58 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-7.6 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, 30 Nov 2011 19:35:44 +0000 Received: from int-mx12.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx12.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.25]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id pAUJZfQb008408 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Wed, 30 Nov 2011 14:35:41 -0500 Received: from ns3.rdu.redhat.com (ns3.rdu.redhat.com [10.11.255.199]) by int-mx12.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id pAUJZedq031522; Wed, 30 Nov 2011 14:35:40 -0500 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 pAUJZd1f005343; Wed, 30 Nov 2011 14:35:39 -0500 From: Tom Tromey To: Pedro Alves Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org Subject: Re: [RFC/WIP PATCH 00/14] I/T sets References: <20111128153742.17761.21459.stgit@localhost6.localdomain6> Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:35:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: <20111128153742.17761.21459.stgit@localhost6.localdomain6> (Pedro Alves's message of "Mon, 28 Nov 2011 15:38:53 +0000") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.90 (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: 2011-11/txt/msg00855.txt.bz2 >>>>> "Pedro" == Pedro Alves writes: Pedro> Following up on . Pedro> This patch set seeds an implementation of a general Pedro> inferior/process/thread/core set construct, or inferior/thread set Pedro> (I/T set, or just itset) for short, which should allow users to refer Pedro> to large numbers of inferiors, processes, threads, and cores in a Pedro> consistent way and using a flexible syntax. Ok, I read through the series and sent all my comments. Some patches I did not review in detail, since I don't feel competent to do so. Pedro> IPTC sets are a collection of arbitrarily many processes, Pedro> threads, and cores. I wish we had a better name. The current name seems to gain a letter with every new thread on the topic :-) Pedro> Along the idea that we Pedro> need an intersection operator somehow, an idea I've been kicking in Pedro> the background, is to make all kinds of objects have the same stand, Pedro> and require, say, a one letter prefix to identify what kind of object Pedro> we're specifying. E.g, i for inferior, p for process, t for thread, c Pedro> for core and a for Ada task. In this scheme, the '.' is really a set Pedro> intersection operator, and the ',' is the union operator. I'm very Pedro> much inclined to try this route, but I'm also very interested in Pedro> learning other's opinions. I like this idea. Tom