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Re: GDB Focus Group at the 2008 GCC Summit

From: Tom Tromey <tromey at redhat dot com>
To: Nick Roberts <nickrob at snap dot net dot nz>
Cc: Joel Brobecker <brobecker at adacore dot com>, gdb at sourceware dot org
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:17:06 -0600
Subject: Re: GDB Focus Group at the 2008 GCC Summit
References: <20080619190942.GA3744@adacore.com> <18526.15596.855756.886158@kahikatea.snap.net.nz>
Reply-to: tromey at redhat dot com

>>>>> "Nick" == Nick Roberts <nickrob@snap.net.nz> writes:

>> | * Fix and continue:
>> | 
>> |     Perhaps try to implement this feature through the use of Python.
>> |     For instance, use python to build a return value, and return that.

Nick> Apple GDB already has fix and continue.  Couldn't that be used
Nick> as a reference implementaton?

I didn't take notes on this, but apparently fix-and-continue is kind
of a pain to implement, and AFAICS needs IDE integration to work
properly anyhow.  The Python idea is more of a cute hack than a really
serious thing.

Tom

Follow-Ups:
- Re: GDB Focus Group at the 2008 GCC Summit
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- Re: GDB Focus Group at the 2008 GCC Summit
  - From: Nick Roberts

References:
- GDB Focus Group at the 2008 GCC Summit
  - From: Joel Brobecker
- Re: GDB Focus Group at the 2008 GCC Summit
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