From: Simon Marchi <simon.marchi@polymtl.ca>
To: "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@embecosm.com>
Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org, Andrew Burgess <aburgess@redhat.com>,
Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>, Simon Sobisch <simonsobisch@web.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 5/8] GDB/Python: Use None for `var_zuinteger_unlimited' value set to `unlimited'
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2022 09:00:11 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <9777b2ab-49db-e203-377f-5f64022421e7@polymtl.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.2.20.2210291618270.19931@tpp.orcam.me.uk>
>> And I do agree that fixing the API once will reduce the long-term costs
>> for everybody (us and users bumping in the inconsistency and losing
>> time). So, I am fine with fixing PARAM_ZUINTEGER_UNLIMITED in this
>> case.
>
> Good. Given that you are in favour to making this change and Andrew was
> against, do you think we need another opinion? Have we reached consensus?
I didn't know Andrew was against, can you point me to that discussion?
If the thing is usable as-is, despite being awkward, the alternative is
to just document as clearly as possible the awkwardness.
Simon
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-10-31 13:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 42+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-08-17 22:03 [PATCH v6 0/8] gdb: split array and string limiting options Maciej W. Rozycki
2022-08-17 22:03 ` [PATCH v6 1/8] GDB/Guile: Don't assert that an integer value is boolean Maciej W. Rozycki
2022-10-17 13:43 ` Simon Marchi
2022-10-21 7:58 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2022-10-21 18:44 ` Simon Marchi
2022-10-21 20:54 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2022-10-22 0:48 ` Simon Marchi
2022-08-17 22:03 ` [PATCH v6 2/8] GDB/doc: Document the Guile `#:unlimited' keyword Maciej W. Rozycki
2022-08-18 6:06 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-09-01 10:31 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2022-08-17 22:04 ` [PATCH v6 3/8] GDB/testsuite: Expand Python integer parameter coverage across all types Maciej W. Rozycki
2022-10-17 13:56 ` Simon Marchi
2022-10-21 7:59 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2022-08-17 22:04 ` [PATCH v6 4/8] GDB/Python: Make `None' stand for `unlimited' in setting integer parameters Maciej W. Rozycki
2022-10-17 14:26 ` Simon Marchi
2022-10-21 8:03 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2022-08-17 22:04 ` [PATCH v6 5/8] GDB/Python: Use None for `var_zuinteger_unlimited' value set to `unlimited' Maciej W. Rozycki
2022-08-18 6:08 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-10-17 15:02 ` Simon Marchi
2022-10-29 15:58 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2022-10-31 13:00 ` Simon Marchi [this message]
2022-10-31 13:31 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2022-11-01 12:28 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2022-10-26 11:58 ` Luis Machado
2022-10-29 13:52 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2022-10-31 8:14 ` Luis Machado
2022-10-31 12:37 ` Luis Machado
2022-10-31 13:08 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2022-10-31 13:14 ` Luis Machado
2022-10-31 14:05 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2022-08-17 22:04 ` [PATCH v6 6/8] GDB: Allow arbitrary keywords in integer set commands Maciej W. Rozycki
2022-08-17 22:05 ` [PATCH v6 7/8] GDB: Add a character string limiting option Maciej W. Rozycki
2022-08-17 22:05 ` [PATCH v6 8/8] GDB/testsuite: Expand for character string limiting options Maciej W. Rozycki
2022-08-18 0:07 ` [PATCH v6.1 " Maciej W. Rozycki
2022-09-01 10:32 ` [PING][PATCH v6 0/8] gdb: split array and " Maciej W. Rozycki
2022-09-08 9:37 ` [PING^2][PATCH " Maciej W. Rozycki
2022-09-14 17:43 ` [PING^3][PATCH " Maciej W. Rozycki
2022-09-22 22:07 ` [PING^4][PATCH " Maciej W. Rozycki
2022-09-29 7:09 ` [PING^5][PATCH " Maciej W. Rozycki
2022-09-29 7:12 ` Simon Sobisch
2022-10-06 15:46 ` [PING^6][PATCH " Maciej W. Rozycki
2022-10-12 21:19 ` [PING^7][PATCH " Maciej W. Rozycki
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