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Re: small changes of gdbinit.in
On Fri, Jan 25, 2008 at 10:23:03AM -0800, David Daney wrote:
> Joe Buck wrote:
> >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?
>
> Because it won't work at all with an old gdb?
When was $arg0 added to gdb? And why would a gcc developer need to use an
old gdb?