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To: Michael Snyder <msnyder@specifix.com>
Cc: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>,         Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de>, gdb@sources.redhat.com
Subject: Re: Strangeness in set command
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From: Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
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>>>>> "Michael" == Michael Snyder <msnyder@specifix.com> writes:

Michael> The shortcut is probably one of those "seemed like a 
Michael> good idea at the time" things, but now it's established
Michael> and we're stuck with it.

It seems to me that changing "set x = expr" from valid to invalid
would be painful -- but it would be a one-time pain, and it would not
cause surprises.

Tom