From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 24908 invoked by alias); 28 Nov 2010 08:29:09 -0000 Received: (qmail 24900 invoked by uid 22791); 28 Nov 2010 08:29:08 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from rock.gnat.com (HELO rock.gnat.com) (205.232.38.15) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Sun, 28 Nov 2010 08:29:02 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by filtered-rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 24BA52BABF9; Sun, 28 Nov 2010 00:48:41 -0500 (EST) Received: from rock.gnat.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (rock.gnat.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id rYRwlEBbadND; Sun, 28 Nov 2010 00:48:41 -0500 (EST) Received: from joel.gnat.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E07122BABF7; Sun, 28 Nov 2010 00:48:40 -0500 (EST) Received: by joel.gnat.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id AA303145B8C; Sat, 27 Nov 2010 21:48:29 -0800 (PST) Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2010 08:29:00 -0000 From: Joel Brobecker To: Doug Evans Cc: Jan Kratochvil , Tom Tromey , gdb-patches@sourceware.org Subject: Re: RFC: next/finish/etc -vs- exceptions Message-ID: <20101128054829.GL2634@adacore.com> References: <20101125075847.GA19270@host0.dyn.jankratochvil.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2010-11/txt/msg00475.txt.bz2 > For reference sake, > if this is to become a rule, I think we should codify it in the coding > standards. > > Personally, I don't mind the numbers, but I'm happy to go with the flow. My two cents: To me, the numbers mean nothing. They are useful to get more background info on the original problem, but a comment in the script would also work. On the other hand, when searching testcases that test a certain feature/scenario, more descriptive names often help. -- Joel