From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 9115 invoked by alias); 5 Sep 2007 17:27:47 -0000 Received: (qmail 9071 invoked by uid 22791); 5 Sep 2007 17:27:46 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from romy.inter.net.il (HELO romy.inter.net.il) (213.8.233.24) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Wed, 05 Sep 2007 17:27:38 +0000 Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 (IGLD-84-229-205-244.inter.net.il [84.229.205.244]) by romy.inter.net.il (MOS 3.7.3-GA) with ESMTP id IUX96858 (AUTH halo1); Wed, 5 Sep 2007 20:27:11 +0300 (IDT) Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2007 17:27:00 -0000 Message-Id: From: Eli Zaretskii To: Vladimir Prus CC: nickrob@snap.net.nz, gdb@sources.redhat.com In-reply-to: <200709050938.45290.ghost@cs.msu.su> (message from Vladimir Prus on Wed, 5 Sep 2007 09:38:45 +0400) Subject: Re: MI: "^running" issues Reply-to: Eli Zaretskii References: <200709041653.22357.ghost@cs.msu.su> <18142.15716.179444.106490@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <200709050938.45290.ghost@cs.msu.su> 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: 2007-09/txt/msg00036.txt.bz2 > From: Vladimir Prus > Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 09:38:45 +0400 > Cc: gdb@sources.redhat.com > > > > - Killing the idea of async commands. It does not seem to be very useful > > > at this point, so we might be better off ripping it and implementing afresh > > > later, when it's understood what they should be. > > > > I'm working in the opposite direction: trying to get GDB to work asynchronously. > > I don't see the point of ripping out what is already there. > > Then, can you please provide a specification of what "asynchronously" means, and > why it's good for users and frontends? Asynchronous execution means that some GDB commands can be run while GDB waits for the target to stop. It is good for users because you can do something useful while you wait for the target to stop.