Re: MI: performance of getting stack arguments

Robert Dewar
2006-04-18T19:11:35Z

Jim Ingham wrote:
> Do you really have a UI that shows the stack arguments for ALL the
> frames on the stack? That's very unusual (and visually a bit
> overwhelming, I would imagine). The usual stack display shows the stack
> with just the function names. Then clicking on any given stack will
> populate the arguments for that frame, fill the source window with the
> source for that frame, etc... This way, you only need to fetch the
> arguments for the bottom-most frame on the stack when you stop
> stepping. You would only fetch the other stack arguments if the user
> specifically requests them.

The ordinary bt from gdb gives this info, and it would be a pain
not to have it!