Re: source annotation now prints source line

[Bob Rossi <bob@brasko.net>]

On Sat, Apr 04, 2020 at 07:54:24PM -0400, Bob Rossi wrote:
> When the source annotation is sent to the front end, the source line
> is now also sent to the front end console. I believe this commit
> introduced it,
>   https://github.com/bminor/binutils-gdb/commit/ec8e2b6d3051f0b4b2a8eee9917898e95046c62f
> 
> Now CGDB displays,
>     (gdb) n
>     43          int i = 3;
>     (gdb) 
> 
> Instead of,
>     (gdb) n
>     (gdb) 
> 
> CGDB is a front end, and so it has a source view to display the code to
> the user. Why did GDB decide to also print the line of code to the front
> end's console window as well? This is confusing.

The concept behind this commit seems incorrect.

The motivation for the patch isn't clearly explained in
the commit message. I believe I've given a reasonable explanation
on why this patch makes no sense for front ends.

Should I submit a patch reverting it?

Thanks,
Bob Rossi