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Re: [PATCH 6/6] NEWS: "info" commands now list in ascending order
- From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz at gnu dot org>
- To: Pedro Alves <palves at redhat dot com>
- Cc: gdb-patches at sourceware dot org
- Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2015 18:27:31 +0300
- Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/6] NEWS: "info" commands now list in ascending order
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- Reply-to: Eli Zaretskii <eliz at gnu dot org>
> Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2015 16:07:30 +0100
> From: Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
> CC: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
>
> > I'd suggest to add "alphabetic" where indicated.
>
> That would sound very confusing to me, as we sort by e.g., thread
> ID, not thread name, and alphabetic would suggest to me that we
> now sort by "name" or whatever else looks like a name.
>
> Would "ascending ID order" or "ascending numerical order"
> instead be OK with you?
Yes, of course. The point is just "ascending" doesn't say enough, we
should say more about the order. (I mistakenly thought it was
alphabetic.)
Thanks.