Re: [Interpeters] "set interpreter" useful?

[Andrew Cagney <ac131313@ges.redhat.com>]

> Hi,
> 
> I've been testing the interpreter stuff with which I've been working on 
> and off for a little while, and I have to ask: does anyone think it will 
> be useful for someone to switch interpreters?
> 
> $ gdb -nw -nx -q
> (gdb) set interpeter mi
> (gdb) 
> 
> OR
> 
> $ gdb -nx -i=mi -q
> (gdb) 
> -interpreter-set console
> (gdb) 
> 
> This is obviously a real nightmare to get working properly. I won't even 
> mention what kind of havoc this could cause if someone using an MI-based 
> UI did something like:
> 
> -interpreter-exec console "set interpreter console"
> 
> Would anyone care if I ripped out the ability to change interpreters on 
> the fly? (I'm not going to touch interpreter-exec, just "set 
> intepreter"/"-interpreter-set".

Yes (how can you rip out something that was never fully 
approved/committed? :-)

Sounds like you've come up with a bit of doco that should go with 
-interpreter-exec, explaining why ``-interpreter-set'' would be a bad 
move :-)

Andrew