From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 17434 invoked by alias); 8 Apr 2008 18:58:05 -0000 Received: (qmail 17425 invoked by uid 22791); 8 Apr 2008 18:58:04 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mtaout5.012.net.il (HELO mtaout5.012.net.il) (84.95.2.13) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:57:44 +0000 Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([80.230.253.114]) by i_mtaout5.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2004.12) with ESMTPA id <0JZ000B3OT9R3SO3@i_mtaout5.012.net.il> for gdb@sources.redhat.com; Tue, 08 Apr 2008 22:10:40 +0300 (IDT) Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:45:00 -0000 From: Eli Zaretskii Subject: Re: Strangeness in set command In-reply-to: <47FB4FAA.9000107@st.com> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il To: Andrew STUBBS Cc: msnyder@specifix.com, drow@false.org, schwab@suse.de, gdb@sources.redhat.com Reply-to: Eli Zaretskii Message-id: References: <20080405185423.GB13805@caradoc.them.org> <1207595159.31772.330.camel@localhost.localdomain> <47FB4FAA.9000107@st.com> X-IsSubscribed: yes 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 X-SW-Source: 2008-04/txt/msg00068.txt.bz2 > X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=failed > version=3.1.0 > Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:57:46 +0100 > From: Andrew STUBBS > Cc: Michael Snyder , drow@false.org, > schwab@suse.de, gdb@sources.redhat.com > > Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > Or maybe, if the text after "set " has a `=' character in it, we > > should ask whether the user really meant "set variable". IOW, refuse > > to obey this shortcut, even if it's unambiguous. > > > > Hmmm, that's not great for set args: > > (gdb) set args --command=myscript That one could be special-cased.