From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 18373 invoked by alias); 18 Mar 2010 21:12:16 -0000 Received: (qmail 18341 invoked by uid 22791); 18 Mar 2010 21:12:14 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_SOFTFAIL X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mtaout20.012.net.il (HELO mtaout20.012.net.il) (80.179.55.166) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:12:08 +0000 Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout20.012.net.il by a-mtaout20.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0KZH00F00X28UO00@a-mtaout20.012.net.il> for gdb@sourceware.org; Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:11:35 +0200 (IST) Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.70.182.236]) by a-mtaout20.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0KZH007FEXJA9SK0@a-mtaout20.012.net.il>; Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:11:35 +0200 (IST) Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:12:00 -0000 From: Eli Zaretskii Subject: Re: Getting pissed off by gdb. Please help with stepping in. In-reply-to: <201003181953.o2IJr9MV006009@glazunov.sibelius.xs4all.nl> To: Mark Kettenis Cc: pedro@codesourcery.com, gdb@sourceware.org, dje@google.com, temp@sourceboost.com Reply-to: Eli Zaretskii Message-id: <83zl25tjvv.fsf@gnu.org> References: <11611.203.63.255.139.1268879984.squirrel@webmail5.pair.com> <201003181521.48681.pedro@codesourcery.com> <8339zxv5tp.fsf@gnu.org> <201003181855.39643.pedro@codesourcery.com> <831vfhv2s5.fsf@gnu.org> <201003181953.o2IJr9MV006009@glazunov.sibelius.xs4all.nl> X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2010-03/txt/msg00154.txt.bz2 > Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:53:09 +0100 (CET) > From: Mark Kettenis > CC: pedro@codesourcery.com, gdb@sourceware.org, dje@google.com, > temp@sourceboost.com > > > Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:38:18 +0200 > > From: Eli Zaretskii > > > > > From: Pedro Alves > > > Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:55:39 +0000 > > > Cc: dje@google.com, > > > temp@sourceboost.com > > > > > > Users often find this behaviour unexpected (I've often > > > wished GDB would behave like what the OP is suggesting too). > > > > Then why don't we change the behavior to match what users expect? > > Because different users expect different things. I for example would > be somewhat annoyed by having to issue an extra "step". And the > argument that this is what people that are familliar with Visual > Studio are used to is pretty weak. GDB users are used the GDB behaviour! Well, I'm a GDB user and almost never use Studio, but this behavior surprises me. What do you make of that?