From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 29262 invoked by alias); 6 Jan 2006 16:59:45 -0000 Received: (qmail 29255 invoked by uid 22791); 6 Jan 2006 16:59:44 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mx1.redhat.com (HELO mx1.redhat.com) (66.187.233.31) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Fri, 06 Jan 2006 16:59:42 +0000 Received: from int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.254]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k06Gxehu028030 for ; Fri, 6 Jan 2006 11:59:40 -0500 Received: from pobox.toronto.redhat.com (pobox.toronto.redhat.com [172.16.14.4]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id k06Gxc120928; Fri, 6 Jan 2006 11:59:38 -0500 Received: from [172.16.14.227] (IDENT:LVpNG95VIlybYLGVLHPMP+hIhLX/jjb5@topaz.toronto.redhat.com [172.16.14.227]) by pobox.toronto.redhat.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k06GxbS1014356; Fri, 6 Jan 2006 11:59:37 -0500 Message-ID: <43BEA1F9.9090307@redhat.com> Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2006 16:59:00 -0000 From: Dave Brolley User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2 (X11/20050317) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Dave Korn CC: "'Eli Zaretskii'" , msnyder@redhat.com, gdb@sources.redhat.com, jrydberg@virtutech.com, fche@redhat.com, ebachalo@redhat.com Subject: Re: Return to Reverse Execution References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2006-01/txt/msg00043.txt.bz2 Dave Korn wrote: >>> I think that if there is any potential confusion about what the terms >>>might mean in the context of having set the exec-direction reverse, then >>>that simply implies that the exec-direction command is superfluous and >>>obfuscating, and that all we need are one set of commands to go >>>forwards, one set to go back, and people can use the correct ones >>>according to the direction they actually want to go >>> >>> I agree. I would be very easy to forget which 'direction' one is pointed in and issue the wrong command by mistake. Making the 'direction' explicit in each command eliminates this problem. Whether the prefix is 'backward' or 'reverse' doesn't matter to me much. When I drive my car, putting it in reverse always makes it go backward when I hit the gas. :-) Dave