From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 25055 invoked by alias); 12 Sep 2008 18:43:02 -0000 Received: (qmail 25046 invoked by uid 22791); 12 Sep 2008 18:43:01 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mx1.redhat.com (HELO mx1.redhat.com) (66.187.233.31) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Fri, 12 Sep 2008 18:42:25 +0000 Received: from int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.254]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m8CIgLUL030446; Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:42:21 -0400 Received: from pobox-3.corp.redhat.com (pobox-3.corp.redhat.com [10.11.255.67]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id m8CIgKt2000845; Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:42:20 -0400 Received: from touchme.toronto.redhat.com (IDENT:postfix@touchme.yyz.redhat.com [10.15.16.9]) by pobox-3.corp.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id m8CIftZC003754; Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:42:20 -0400 Received: from ton.toronto.redhat.com (ton.yyz.redhat.com [10.15.16.15]) by touchme.toronto.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0FE6D8001FF; Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:41:38 -0400 (EDT) Received: from ton.toronto.redhat.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ton.toronto.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id m8CIfMFj025223; Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:41:22 -0400 Received: (from fche@localhost) by ton.toronto.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id m8CIfLC0025222; Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:41:21 -0400 To: Joel Brobecker Cc: Tom Tromey , gdb-patches@sourceware.org Subject: Re: [RFA/commit/dwarf] Create partial symbols for nested subprograms References: <20080910201959.GC10133@adacore.com> <20080910203437.GA26162@caradoc.them.org> <20080911175422.GS12222@adacore.com> <20080911183730.GA17809@caradoc.them.org> <20080912041800.GA3714@adacore.com> <20080912165541.GE3714@adacore.com> <20080912174240.GF3714@adacore.com> From: fche@redhat.com (Frank Ch. Eigler) Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 18:43:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: <20080912174240.GF3714@adacore.com> (Joel Brobecker's message of "Fri, 12 Sep 2008 10:42:40 -0700") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.1008 (Gnus v5.10.8) Emacs/21.3 (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: 2008-09/txt/msg00280.txt.bz2 Joel Brobecker writes: >>[...] > the one thing that I am wondering is how users will respond to an > unexpectedly long delay when entering a command that is usually fast > and yet takes a noticeably long time that one time. [...] Could gdb use something like alarm(2) to issue progress notifications? - FChE