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From: Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>
To: Hui Zhu <teawater@gmail.com>
Cc: Michael Snyder <msnyder@vmware.com>, gdb@sourceware.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] Let "gcore" command accept a suffix argument
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> I think if each command can support $v directly is better.
> 
> For example:
> set $a=0
> gcore $a
> Saved corefile 0

Am I the only one who really doesn't like this idea? The more I think
about it, the less I like it. It feels like putting a plug instead of
getting a new pair of tires. I'm surprised at my own reaction, since
it is not going to affect me all that much, and so I will let it go
if others like it (but it feels like a bandaid to me, and once it's in,
we won't be able to remove it).

-- 
Joel