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From: Hui Zhu <teawater@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2010 02:45:00 -0000
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Subject: Re: RFA: implement "watch -location"
To: Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
Cc: Michael Snyder <msnyder@vmware.com>, 	"gdb-patches@sourceware.org" <gdb-patches@sourceware.org>
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On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 06:15, Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com> wrote:
>>>>>> "Michael" =3D=3D Michael Snyder <msnyder@vmware.com> writes:
>
> Michael> Syntax quibble. =A0"-location"? =A0Don't we traditionally use
> Michael> command option syntax such as "print /x"? =A0Hate to be
> Michael> inconsistant...
>
> I picked that because it is what Apple did.
>
> GDB itself is inconsistent. =A0The "/x" form is used (primarily? by
> formats), but the "-" form is used too, e.g. "file -readnow".
>
> Michael> Also, what about help? =A0Did I miss it? =A0I couldn't see it at=
 a glance.
>
> Oops! =A0I'll fix this. =A0Thanks.
>
> Tom
>

Hi Tom,

This change is very cool.
I hate:
print &expr
watch *$
It is so uncool.

I am not sure about "-location" or "/x".  But if you choose
"-location", could you add a alias "-l"?

Thanks,
Hui