Re: [discuss] Support for reverse-execution

Michael Snyder
2005-05-20T21:51:24Z

>>> Would not it be better to have a single "reverse" command which
>>> puts the debugger in "reverse" mode -- making step/stepi/next/nexti
>>> go backward.
>>
>> Daniel, I rest my case ;-)
>
> I don't rest mine :-) I admit I was a little surprised to see
> someone else suggest it, but I still think it's an awful idea as
> a user interface.

Make me a third person who thought of it independantly.

Look at it this way -- once we've implemented the reverse-x
command set, adding this would be trivial; just a single
set/show mode variable. Then we could evaluate both, or even
leave it to the user to choose.