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Re: TODO list (REPOST)
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- Subject: Re: TODO list (REPOST)
- From: Mo DeJong <mdejong at cygnus dot com>
- Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 10:39:03 -0700 (PDT)
On 11 Oct 2000, Tom Tromey wrote:
> >>>>> "Fernando" == Fernando Nasser <fnasser@cygnus.com> writes:
>
> Fernando> Yes, that is the idea. A modification in Mo's patch that
> Fernando> will default to -w if the name contains "insight" and to -nw
> Fernando> otherwise would do that.
>
> The GNU Coding Standards ask that the program's behavior not depend on
> the name of the program:
>
> Please don't make the behavior of a utility depend on the name used
> to invoke it. It is useful sometimes to make a link to a utility with
> a different name, and that should not change what it does.
>
> Tom
If we just call it "insight", then there will be no problem with hiding
the regular command line gdb when the user runs gdb from the PATH.
I would say this alone is reason enough to call it insight
and nothing else. Does anyone have any good reasons for
calling it gdb? I am all for giving credit to the Gnu
project, I just think we have confused people long
enough by calling it gdb.
Mo DeJong
Red Hat Inc