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Re: breakpoint error messages


On Thu, Aug 22, 2002 at 02:18:58PM -0700, Michael Snyder wrote:
> Grace Sainsbury wrote:
> > 
> > I changed insert_breakpoints to collect all the warning messages from
> > failed inserts and print them with an error after trying the whole
> > queue. This changes the functionality slightly -- the old code stopped
> > after the first failed insert of a breakpoint. I also changed the
> > error messages to be more explicit about hardware breakpoints.
> > 
> > ok?
> 
> Grace, thanks for the contribution.  A few implementation details.
> First off, you've lost some output.
> 1) The word "Warning: ", which is generated by the 'warning' function
> (which you've replaced by fprintf_unfiltered).  One instance would
> probably be enough.

ok.

> 2) The output of the 'memory_error' function.

The original purpose of the change was to remove that text
'Cannot access memory address XXXXX' doesn't seem to be meaningful in
this context.

> 3) The msg "The same program may be running in another process"

I'll add that back.

> 4) The output of print_sys_errmsg, formerly called by infrun.

This printed 'Unknown error' which seems to be uninformative.

> 
> Do you think you could work those back in?
> 
> Then, just some textual edits.  In one comment you say
> "If there wat an error", where you probably meant to say 'was'.
> And there's this:
>     if (hw_breakpoint_error)
>        fprintf_unfiltered (tmp_error_stream, 
> 		"Could not insert breakpoints: ..."
> 
> Seems like you might as well say "hardware breakpoints" there.

ok.

let me know if you really want the memory_error, print_sys_errmsg text
back. 

thanks,

grace


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