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Re: How does GDB/MI give the current frame


> 
> 
> On Jul 15, 2004, at 1:04 PM, Jason Molenda wrote:
> 
> > For what it's worth, at Apple we've done what Andrew is proposing.   
> > Our method spits out a "MI_HOOK_RESULT" notification on the ^done  
> > result whenever the console command entered by the user has changed  
> > the state in an important way.  e.g.
> 
> [...]
> 
> >
> > FWIW, here's the list of notification hooks we currently generate:  
> > breakpoint_create, breakpoint_modify, breakpoint_delete,  
> > stack_changed, frame_changed, thread_changed.
> >
> 


how about for "set p 3", changing values.

> I should add that we also call output_control_change_notification()  
> with "stepping" or "continuing" when the user enters a console command  
> that resumes execution.  e.g.
> 
> (gdb)
> -interpreter-exec console-quoted step
> ^stepping
> ^running
> (gdb)
> *stopped,time= 
> {wallclock="0.01470",user="0.00635",system="0.00845",start="1089922425.6 
> 47144",end="1089922425.661845"},reason="end-stepping-range",thread- 
> id="1"
> (gdb)
> -interpreter-exec console-quoted continue
> ~"Continuing.\n"
> ^continuing
> ^running
> 

Good !!
Few questions why "console-quoted", what's wrong with "console" or rather
what is -quoted provide more ?

What's "^continuing" ? a way to discovered the type of command enter by the user ?
so "^stepping" for step etc ... is it usefull ?
> So the UI knows when the user is resuming the inferior behind its back.
> 
> 
> J
> 


-- 
au revoir, alain
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