I wonder whether there's still a chance to have a(n additional) way
to specify the effect of -qualified using a syntax that is the same
across GDB versions.
I have pretty much the same effect like Simon for 'start' for a feature
'Break on abort()' in 'my' IDE, that post-8.1 triggers on any function
called 'abort'.
Even with the Python interface there seems to be no way to have
a single way to set the breakpoint short of having Pre/Post81Breakpoint
classes using different base constructors and try:/except...:
to find the matching version.
To be honest, I am tempted to call the whole pattern matching on
function names a mis-feature. C++ name resolution is not really
compatible with regexps, so at the very least when naming the
global explicitly ('b ::abort') there should be no match on
'struct Foo { void abort() {} };'