From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Philippe Waroquiers <philippe.waroquiers@skynet.be>
Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
Subject: Re: [RFAv2 3/3] NEWS and documentation for $_gdb_setting and $_gdb_int_setting.
Date: Sat, 06 Jul 2019 11:21:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83muhr8l3t.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1562410479.1521.1.camel@skynet.be> (message from Philippe Waroquiers on Sat, 06 Jul 2019 12:54:39 +0200)
> From: Philippe Waroquiers <philippe.waroquiers@skynet.be>
> Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
> Date: Sat, 06 Jul 2019 12:54:39 +0200
>
> > The last part begs a question how to know whether 'unlimited' will
> > yield zero or -1? Can't we always return -1?
> I think it is better to keep the same convention as what is accepted
> by the "set" command: some settings are using 0 to mean unlimited
> and some are using -1.
> I have tried to describe this in the doc RFAv3.
The new text is OK, but I'd suggest to say in addition something like
"See the documentation of the corresponding @code{set} command for
the numerical value equivalent to @code{unlimited}."
> > Btw, do we have a way of determining whether a given convenience
> > function exists in the current GDB? For variables, one can use
> > $_isvoid, I think, but what about functions?
>
> I do not know of any way to see if a user defined function or convenience
> function is defined.
> For the GDB convenience function, the GDB major/minor can be used to
> determine what is available.
OK, thanks.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-07-06 11:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-07-05 19:58 [RFAv2 0/3] Convenience functions $_gdb_setting/$_gdb_int_setting Philippe Waroquiers
2019-07-05 19:58 ` [RFAv2 3/3] NEWS and documentation for $_gdb_setting and $_gdb_int_setting Philippe Waroquiers
2019-07-06 6:23 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-07-06 10:54 ` Philippe Waroquiers
2019-07-06 11:21 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2019-07-05 19:58 ` [RFAv2 2/3] Test the convenience functions " Philippe Waroquiers
2019-07-05 19:58 ` [RFAv2 1/3] Implement convenience functions to examine GDB settings Philippe Waroquiers
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