Re: CLI commands in MI

Nick Roberts
2006-05-11T10:52:49Z

> > > I'm thinking it would be a good idea to remove the ability to enter CLI
> > > commands into the MI interpreter. Does anyone disagree?
> >
> > No way. The fact is, the MI command set is not complete, and
> > -interpreter-exec is still recent. I would expect most front ends
> > to still require this support, for the indefinite future.
>
> Whoa, I don't think it matters if FE's are using this feature. Read the
> manual,
>
> This mechanism is provided as an aid to developers of GDB/MI clients and
> not as a reliable interface into the CLI. Since the command is being
> interpreteted in an environment that assumes GDB/MI behaviour, the exact
> output of such commands is likely to end up being an un-supported hybrid
> of GDB/MI and CLI output.

There was thread about this paragraph on this mailing list a month ago. It was
written before Jim Ingham, Andrew Cagney et al wrote -interpreter-exec to
switch interpreters, so the lack of reliability is not true anymore.

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