From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 28367 invoked by alias); 14 Jul 2008 20:18:16 -0000 Received: (qmail 28360 invoked by uid 22791); 14 Jul 2008 20:18:16 -0000 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mx1.redhat.com (HELO mx1.redhat.com) (66.187.233.31) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Mon, 14 Jul 2008 20:17:53 +0000 Received: from int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.254]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m6EKHpUa023247 for ; Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:17:51 -0400 Received: from pobox.corp.redhat.com (pobox.corp.redhat.com [10.11.255.20]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id m6EKHpZY023990 for ; Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:17:51 -0400 Received: from lindt.uglyboxes.com (sebastian-int.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.221]) by pobox.corp.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id m6EKHnkY019175 for ; Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:17:50 -0400 Message-ID: <487BB46C.4060007@redhat.com> Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 20:18:00 -0000 From: Keith Seitz User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080421) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: frysk Subject: Re: GDB interface: MI versus API or ?? References: <487B64C8.30707@redhat.com> <487B8266.9020601@redhat.com> <487BA20E.5050407@redhat.com> <487BA97C.203@redhat.com> <487BB090.1010807@redhat.com> <487BB2D4.1090702@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <487BB2D4.1090702@redhat.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.58 on 172.16.52.254 X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact frysk-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: frysk-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2008-q3/txt/msg00050.txt.bz2 Phil Muldoon wrote: > To be honest, I think eventually whatever we come up with, if it is not improving GDB, > we'll end up at last emulating an MI interface. Just because everything uses it already. Almost certainly something MI-like, indeed. There is definitely a need for a wire protocol for certain environments. I'm just playing devil's advocate. [Remembering the uproar it caused on the GDB mailing list a few years back, perhaps I should just keep to myself...] Keith