Re: Questions about GDB-MI Interface

[Andrew Cagney <ac131313@cygnus.com>]

> On Thu, 25 Apr 2002, Andrew Cagney wrote:
> 
> 
>> It was added with much hesitation because there was real concern that 
>> once a vaguely looking console mechanism was added, people would try to 
>> use it instead of investing the time and resources needed to address the 
>> problem of implementing a real console interface.
> 
> 
> What was envisioned as a solution for the problem at hand, namely, that 
> any decent front-end to GDB must allow the user to type CLI commands?

My best answer is that it was envisioned to be fixed in 2.0.  Several 
alternatives were suggested but no decision was made.  Apple has has 
since, kind of, made the decision by comming up with a working solution.

Of the alternatives I remember:

	-	properly wrap the CLI up in an
		MI command (what apple did).

		Has problems with query() where
		the CLI wants to prompt back
		to the user.

		(apple's solution)

	-	separate out the CLI from GDB
		and have it as a separate MI
		client

	-	not have a CLI

enjoy,
Andrew