From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 12610 invoked by alias); 3 Feb 2011 04:55:17 -0000 Received: (qmail 12601 invoked by uid 22791); 3 Feb 2011 04:55:16 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.0 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; Thu, 03 Feb 2011 04:55:12 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by filtered-rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22DFA2BAC84; Wed, 2 Feb 2011 23:55:11 -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 WHafPrhVlO+q; Wed, 2 Feb 2011 23:55:11 -0500 (EST) Received: from joel.gnat.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A7BB2BAC83; Wed, 2 Feb 2011 23:55:10 -0500 (EST) Received: by joel.gnat.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id D91B51459B1; Thu, 3 Feb 2011 08:54:57 +0400 (RET) Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2011 04:55:00 -0000 From: Joel Brobecker To: Michael Snyder Cc: "gdb-patches@sourceware.org" Subject: Re: Faster stepping amidst breakpoints Message-ID: <20110203045457.GL2384@adacore.com> References: <4D3A114D.7010301@tensilica.com> <20110123001433.GA6352@caradoc.them.org> <20110131044951.GG2384@adacore.com> <20110131151229.GA2915@caradoc.them.org> <20110201032338.GI2384@adacore.com> <4D485476.4040809@vmware.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4D485476.4040809@vmware.com> 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: 2011-02/txt/msg00039.txt.bz2 > >I see this as an acceptable outcome of a debugger crash. I am guessing > >that in most cases, people debug their program, and then want it killed, > >so leaving the inferior behind with breakpoints inserted won't matter > >much > > It would matter if you were debugging a live real-world app... Of course, that's why I was careful to say that it does matter sometimes. The change is not going to be beneficial in 100% of the cases. But if it is an improvement in the majority of the cases, then that's still progress. Those of us who are occasionally in the situation where it isn't have the option of switching the setting back. -- Joel