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Subject: Re: Issue an internal warning on first deprecated function call
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> Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 09:50:07 -0400
> From: Andrew Cagney <ac131313@ges.redhat.com>
> 
> (gdb) maint internal-error
> /home/scratch/GDB/src/gdb/maint.c:121: gdb-internal-error: internal 
> maintenance
> An internal GDB error was detected.  This may make further
> debugging unreliable.  Quit this debugging session? (y or n) n
> 
> Create a core file containing the current state of GDB? (y or n) n
> (gdb)
> 
> s/error/warning/
> 
> Since the user is going to need to interact with this, they will get 
> very annoyed with it pretty quick.

Yes, I think users will get annoyed and even scared.  The message is
meant for the port maintainers, not for users.

> This is why I'm also proposing another command for gaging it :-)

But that won't help, since most users will wtill see the message
until they gag it.

I like Kevin's suggestion better.