Re: MI output command error

Daniel Jacobowitz
2005-03-10T21:10:37Z

On Thu, Mar 10, 2005 at 03:47:38PM -0500, Bob Rossi wrote:
> > I'm as mystified as Dave as to how you could read the manual and
> > believe GDB/MI was designed to operate synchronously. A number of MI
> > commands have documentation that begins with "Asynchronous command." In
> > particular, look at -exec-interrupt, which makes no sense as a
> > synchronous command.
>
> Hey, I'm still learning here, just make sure you don't confuse
> mystified/stupid :)
>
> I've been used to working with the a2 interace, which wasn't
> asyncronous.

What do you mean by "a2"?

> Do you guys know if the MI always works asyncronously? Or
> are there modes when it has to work syncronously?

_MI_ is defined to be asynchronous. Any asynchronous interface may
appear synchronous under some conditions.

How asynchronous it is depends on the target; most targets are not
fully async.

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