Re: question about -file-exec-and-symbols gdbmi command

Nick Roberts
2007-04-18T21:55:30Z

> > > It shouldn't happen automatically. For instance, one use of
> > > -file-exec-and-symbols is to tell GDB that the file has been
> > > recompiled.
> >
> > That's independent of the breakpoint issue, isn't it?
>
> Nope. The difference is that the front end has some knowledge of
> "this is a new program" versus "this is the same program being
> reloaded", because it issued the command in response to some user
> stimulus. GDB has no way to know why the command was issued; in one
> case deleting breakpoints is appropriate, in the other it is not.
>
> So if the front end wants breakpoints deleted, I think it's reasonable
> for it to do so explicitly.

In Emacs at least, GDB command can be entered through the GUD buffer, just like
they are on the command line, so I don't see how it would know the user's
purpose any more than GDB does. Anyway, I have no need of this functionality
at the moment. I'll raise it again when, or if, I need it later

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