From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 813 invoked by alias); 21 Sep 2009 17:24:32 -0000 Received: (qmail 795 invoked by uid 22791); 21 Sep 2009 17:24:31 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_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; Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:24:25 +0000 Received: from int-mx04.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx04.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.17]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n8LHOOAv017560 for ; Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:24:24 -0400 Received: from ns3.rdu.redhat.com (ns3.rdu.redhat.com [10.11.255.199]) by int-mx04.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n8LHON6Z003303; Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:24:24 -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 n8LHOMWO031148; Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:24:22 -0400 Received: by opsy.redhat.com (Postfix, from userid 500) id 1B732378198; Mon, 21 Sep 2009 11:24:22 -0600 (MDT) From: Tom Tromey To: Vladimir Prus Cc: Joel Brobecker , gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com Subject: Re: [MI] -stack-list-variables References: <200909191412.37692.vladimir@codesourcery.com> <200909212054.20826.vladimir@codesourcery.com> <200909212116.49156.vladimir@codesourcery.com> Reply-To: tromey@redhat.com Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:24:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: <200909212116.49156.vladimir@codesourcery.com> (Vladimir Prus's message of "Mon, 21 Sep 2009 21:16:48 +0400") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii 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: 2009-09/txt/msg00678.txt.bz2 >>>>> "Volodya" == Vladimir Prus writes: Tom> I agree that this is true in the general case. But, in this specific Tom> case, adding the attribute seems harmless. Volodya> There's about 10 different attributes we can also print, and they will Volodya> be likewise harmless. Should we add them all? Sure, if someone asks for them. Furthermore, this is a bogus line of argumentation. There is no slippery slope here, there is a specific feature under discussion. Volodya> I am frankly surprised by the amount of support for this feature, and Volodya> the fact that this support say this is harmless, and possibly Volodya> useful, but does not name any single frontend that actually separates Volodya> arguments from "true" locals. Apparently Nick wants it for Emacs. Personally, I agree, it is useless to distinguish them. I can't remember ever caring about this distinction, and quite to the contrary, I am often irritated that the CLI makes it. If Nick does not in fact want this for Emacs, then yes, I agree, don't bother. Tom