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Re: small changes of gdbinit.in
On Fri, Jan 25, 2008 at 10:18:01AM -0700, Tom Tromey wrote:
> >>>>> "Joe" == Joe Buck <Joe.Buck@synopsys.COM> writes:
>
> Joe> On the other hand, old-timers are used to the commands being the way
> Joe> they are. So I guess that a command that takes a proper argument
> Joe> should have a different name.
>
> You can have it both ways, somewhat:
>
> define pt
> if $argc == 0
> set debug_tree ($)
> else
> set debug_tree ($arg0)
> end
> end
Good idea! If anyone wants to patch the commands, that's how it should
be done, I think.
> Personally I'd just change to purely using $arg0 and have people
> adjust their habits. But then, I've used my own argument-taking pt
> for years :)
But since people can have it both ways, why not?