From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 76024 invoked by alias); 7 Feb 2017 22:11:20 -0000 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 Received: (qmail 69993 invoked by uid 89); 7 Feb 2017 22:11:11 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=1.2 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_SOFTFAIL autolearn=no version=3.3.2 spammy=Phil, Hx-languages-length:1052, HTo:U*pmuldoon, Muldoon X-HELO: simark.ca Received: from simark.ca (HELO simark.ca) (158.69.221.121) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Tue, 07 Feb 2017 22:11:09 +0000 Received: by simark.ca (Postfix, from userid 33) id 63C2F1E18E; Tue, 7 Feb 2017 17:11:07 -0500 (EST) To: Phil Muldoon Subject: Re: GSoC X-PHP-Originating-Script: 33:rcube.php MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2017 22:11:00 -0000 From: Simon Marchi Cc: gdb@sourceware.org In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: X-Sender: simon.marchi@polymtl.ca User-Agent: Roundcube Webmail/1.2.3 X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2017-02/txt/msg00009.txt.bz2 On 2017-02-07 16:40, Phil Muldoon wrote: > From an idea standpoint I'd love to see the underpinnings of inferior > control* capabilities from scripting languages. Perhaps a class that > registered scripting languages can call (currently Python and Guile) > to affect control of an inferior, with feedback, from an interface. It > would ideally abstract all the horrible details from the scripting > language. > > Note, I do not think this will be an easy project, but it will > introduce the person to the community as, I think, they will have to > question it quite closely to implement the semantics and exceptions > involved in inferior control to an external interface. > > Cheers, > > Phil > > * Inferior control being more than being a gdb.command call and hoping > things go ok. I think that's a great idea, it's something that a lot of people ask for. I think it's a good thing to have project ideas that range from easy to difficult, as long as it's clearly documented so that the potential candidates make informed choices. Simon