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Re: [mi] -list-features


 > How about this:
 > 
 >         -list-features Returns a list of particular features of the MI
 >                 protocol that this version of gdb implements.  A feature can
 >                 be a command, or a new field in an output of some command,
 >                 or even an important bugfix.  While a frontend can sometimes
 >                 detect presence of a feature at runtime, it is easier to
 >                 perform detection at debugger startup.
 > 
 > 		The command returns a list of strings, with each string naming
 > 		an available feature. Each returned string is just a name, it
 > 		does not have any internal structure. The list of possible
 > 		feature names is given below.
 > 
 > 		The current list of features is:
 > 
 >                 - 'frozen-varobjs' -- indicates presence of -var-set-frozen
 >                 command, as well as possible presense of the 'frozen' field
 >                 in the output of -varobj-create.

You've lost me.  This is plain text documentation for a command which you
want to implement now but populate later.  Something like:

(gdb)
-list-features
^done,features=[]

AFAICS it won't currently return 'frozen-varobjs.  Since everyone seems
agreeable to the general idea why not just submit when the patch (source and
documentation) are complete?

-- 
Nick                                           http://www.inet.net.nz/~nickrob


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