From: Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
To: Simon Marchi via Gdb-patches <gdb-patches@sourceware.org>
Cc: Simon Marchi <simon.marchi@efficios.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5] gdb: add "info index-cache stats", deprecate "show index-cache stats"
Date: Thu, 04 Nov 2021 12:33:49 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87cznfkbxu.fsf@tromey.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20211101155009.457224-5-simon.marchi@efficios.com> (Simon Marchi via Gdb-patches's message of "Mon, 1 Nov 2021 11:50:08 -0400")
>>>>> "Simon" == Simon Marchi via Gdb-patches <gdb-patches@sourceware.org> writes:
Simon> The "show index-cache stats" command is used to show some statistics
Simon> about the index-cache usage. I believe this is not a good use of a show
Simon> command, as it is not a setting.
I think "show" is generally used for any information about the debugger,
not just settings.
A long, long time ago there was some effort to split 'info' and 'show'
this way. The details of this discussion are long lost, as far as I
know, but the outcome lives on in the help and manual:
'info'
This command (abbreviated 'i') is for describing the state of your
program.
'show'
In contrast to 'info', 'show' is for describing the state of GDB
itself. You can change most of the things you can 'show', by using [...]
So I tend to think "show index-cache stats" is more correct.
Tom
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-11-04 18:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-11-01 15:50 [PATCH 0/5] Change some index-cache commands Simon Marchi
2021-11-01 15:50 ` [PATCH 1/5] gdb: pass/return setting setter/getter scalar values by value Simon Marchi
2021-11-04 18:27 ` Tom Tromey
2021-11-04 18:59 ` Simon Marchi
2021-11-04 19:51 ` Simon Marchi
2021-11-01 15:50 ` [PATCH 2/5] gdb: remove unnecessary cmd_list_element::aliases nullptr checks Simon Marchi
2021-11-04 18:29 ` Tom Tromey
2021-11-04 19:45 ` Simon Marchi
2021-11-01 15:50 ` [PATCH 3/5] gdb: remove command_class enum class_deprecated Simon Marchi
2021-11-04 18:30 ` Tom Tromey
2021-11-04 19:45 ` Simon Marchi
2021-11-01 15:50 ` [PATCH 4/5] gdb: add "info index-cache stats", deprecate "show index-cache stats" Simon Marchi
2021-11-04 18:33 ` Tom Tromey [this message]
2021-11-04 19:19 ` Simon Marchi
2021-11-01 15:50 ` [PATCH 5/5] gdb: introduce "set index-cache enabled", deprecate "set index-cache on/off" Simon Marchi
2021-11-04 18:36 ` Tom Tromey
2021-11-04 19:51 ` Simon Marchi
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