Re: [RFA] Remove command_line_handler_continuation.

Vladimir Prus
2008-04-26T10:55:54Z

Eli Zaretskii wrote:

>> From: Vladimir Prus <vladimir@codesourcery.com>
>> Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:33:40 +0300
>>
>>
>> With my previous patch to move all bpstat_do_actions calls into
>> event handler, all that command_line_handler_continuation does
>> is to print timings, if those are enabled. However, those timings
>> don't make much sense. Timings are good for debugging GDB performance,
>> and in case of command_line_handler_continuation, the times will report
>> the time when the application run.
>>
>> So, this patch removes that continuation. OK?
>
> Doesn't this require some change to the manual, where these timings
> are described?

I can only find this bit in the manual:

-statistics
This option causes GDB to print statistics about time and memory usage after it completes each
command and returns to the prompt.

Is this what should be changed, or there's something else I've missed?

- Volodya