Re: GDB/XMI (XML Machine Interface)

Daniel Jacobowitz
2004-08-20T18:34:49Z

On Fri, Aug 20, 2004 at 08:54:43AM -0400, Bob Rossi wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 20, 2004 at 03:34:19AM -0700, Felix Lee wrote:
> > this isn't a strong objection, interoperability takes precedence.
> > I think an argument for xml would be more convincing if there
> > were more than one debugger talking the same protocol.
>
> I can see that people are interested in writing front ends that parse the
> output of the MI. Why? Do the same people enjoy writing linked lists
> over and over again? Do you see my point? Parsing the output of MI is
> completely a waste of time.

Parsing MI over and over again from scratch may be a waste of time. So
write once a library that parses MI. Then you gain most of the benefit
of having XML parsing libraries available.

Heck, parse it into XML if you'd like.

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Daniel Jacobowitz