Re: how to call gdb_test "" ... ?

[Keith Seitz <keiths@redhat.com>]

On Mon, 18 Feb 2002, Michael Elizabeth Chastain wrote:

> That is to say, I want to send a "list" command, and then send some
> empty commands and look at the results as usual.
>
> gdb_test does not work with an argument of "".

I'll go out on a limb here and say offer that gdb_test be modified:

<gripe>
1) To make it legible:

  proc gdb_test { args } {
     # snip
     set command [lindex $args 0]
     set pattern [lindex $args 1]

     # snip
     set result -1
     set string "${command}\n"
     if { $command != "" } {
         while { "$string" != "" } {
           set foo [string first "\n" "$string"]
           set len [string length "$string"]
           if { $foo < [expr $len - 1] } {
              if [send_gdb "$str"] != "" } {
                #snip
              }
              # snip
           }
          set string [string range "$string" [expr $foo + 1] end
     }
     # snip

Why is this done???? Why not just:

     proc gdb_test {command pattern args} {
       # snip
       set cmd "$command\n"
       foreach cmd [split $command \n] {
         if {$cmd != ""} {
           if {[send_gdb $cmd] != ""} {
             #snip
           }
         }
       # snip

I don't know. Whomever wrote it did not understand tcl at all.
</gripe>

2) To allow empty commands, i.e., skip the send, do the expect

Actually, I don't see from reading the code for gdb_test why "" would be
disallowed. Is it giving you some sort of error?

Ok, off my soapbox now.
Keith