From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 14863 invoked by alias); 16 Dec 2006 19:43:54 -0000 Received: (qmail 14855 invoked by uid 22791); 16 Dec 2006 19:43:53 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from romy.inter.net.il (HELO romy.inter.net.il) (192.114.186.66) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Sat, 16 Dec 2006 19:43:48 +0000 Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 (IGLD-84-229-228-173.inter.net.il [84.229.228.173]) by romy.inter.net.il (MOS 3.7.3-GA) with ESMTP id GOC30206 (AUTH halo1); Sat, 16 Dec 2006 21:43:39 +0200 (IST) Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 19:43:00 -0000 Message-Id: From: Eli Zaretskii To: Daniel Jacobowitz CC: steverod@netapp.com, gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com In-reply-to: <20061216184508.GA17120@nevyn.them.org> (message from Daniel Jacobowitz on Sat, 16 Dec 2006 13:45:08 -0500) Subject: Re: [patch] Indirect access to GDB history variables Reply-to: Eli Zaretskii References: <20061215024050.GA8750@linden.netapp.com> <20061216171025.GB14012@nevyn.them.org> <20061216184508.GA17120@nevyn.them.org> X-IsSubscribed: yes 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: 2006-12/txt/msg00214.txt.bz2 > Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 13:45:08 -0500 > From: Daniel Jacobowitz > Cc: steverod@netapp.com, gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com > > > if the embedded language will satisfy Steve's needs, I'm for it. But > > I fear that agreeing on the language will take time, in which case > > postponing this change will be just that. > > It may be so. My tentative plan was to offer a selection, probably > Perl and Python and Guile; once the common infrastructure is in place, > it's really not hard to add languages and enable them at configure > time. The alternative would be to add only Guile, since that's the > language the FSF officially recommends for such things - I don't want > to take that alternative, though, since I'm practically useless in > Guile. I have implemented Guile embedding, by the way, though never > finished it up. I have no objections for the list of languages you suggested. We could also just accept Steve's patch and see if anyone hollers. The next release is still far away, so we have enough to time to see if something breaks as the result.