From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 20873 invoked by alias); 2 Dec 2002 21:20:31 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sources.redhat.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 20840 invoked from network); 2 Dec 2002 21:20:28 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO crack.them.org) (65.125.64.184) by sources.redhat.com with SMTP; 2 Dec 2002 21:20:28 -0000 Received: from nevyn.them.org ([66.93.61.169] ident=mail) by crack.them.org with asmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 18Izro-0003qO-00; Mon, 02 Dec 2002 17:20:48 -0600 Received: from drow by nevyn.them.org with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 18Ixzj-0006DI-00; Mon, 02 Dec 2002 16:20:47 -0500 Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2002 13:20:00 -0000 From: Daniel Jacobowitz To: Andrew Cagney Cc: gdb@sources.redhat.com Subject: Re: GDB Speak: `inferior' rather than `target'? Message-ID: <20021202212046.GA23744@nevyn.them.org> Mail-Followup-To: Andrew Cagney , gdb@sources.redhat.com References: <3DEBC4AB.9020706@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3DEBC4AB.9020706@redhat.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i X-SW-Source: 2002-12/txt/msg00028.txt.bz2 On Mon, Dec 02, 2002 at 03:38:03PM -0500, Andrew Cagney wrote: > Hello, > > In trying to correctly and clearly word some gdb comments (and yes ok, > and internal doco), I'm left wondering if we should `newspeak' some > terminology here and use the word `inferior' instead of `target'. > > The problem with `target' is that it is totally overloaded. The > configuration target, the running target the target architecture, .... > > Hence, when refering to an instance of the program being debugged, the > word `inferior' should be used. Of course, this would mean that `core' > becomes an inferior (...). I've always used inferior only for a running target, generally a ptraced one locally. But that's just my usage. I'm with Kevin - I don't like either inferior or target. I'd suggest punting to debugee but it's too cumbersome. -- Daniel Jacobowitz MontaVista Software Debian GNU/Linux Developer