From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 29796 invoked by alias); 6 Jan 2006 11:17:58 -0000 Received: (qmail 29789 invoked by uid 22791); 6 Jan 2006 11:17:57 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from nitzan.inter.net.il (HELO nitzan.inter.net.il) (192.114.186.20) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Fri, 06 Jan 2006 11:17:56 +0000 Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 (IGLD-84-228-160-206.inter.net.il [84.228.160.206]) by nitzan.inter.net.il (MOS 3.7.3-GA) with ESMTP id CJT64567 (AUTH halo1); Fri, 6 Jan 2006 13:17:31 +0200 (IST) Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2006 11:17:00 -0000 Message-Id: From: Eli Zaretskii To: "Dave Korn" CC: msnyder@redhat.com, gdb@sources.redhat.com, jrydberg@virtutech.com, fche@redhat.com, brolley@redhat.com, ebachalo@redhat.com In-reply-to: (dave.korn@artimi.com) Subject: Re: Return to Reverse Execution Reply-to: Eli Zaretskii References: X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2006-01/txt/msg00035.txt.bz2 > From: "Dave Korn" > Cc: , > , > , > , > > Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2006 10:30:40 -0000 > > I think that if there is any potential confusion about what the terms might > mean in the context of having set the exec-direction reverse, then that simply > implies that the exec-direction command is superfluous and obfuscating, and > that all we need are one set of commands to go forwards, one set to go back, > and people can use the correct ones according to the direction they actually > want to go The main issue is not about the value of exec-direction, it is how to call the commands that go backwards. I suggested the prefix ``back'' or ``backwards'' instead of ``reverse''.