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From: "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@embecosm.com>
To: Andrew Burgess <aburgess@redhat.com>
Cc: Simon Marchi <simon.marchi@polymtl.ca>,
	gdb-patches@sourceware.org,  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: Tue, 1 Nov 2022 12:28:45 +0000 (GMT)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.20.2211011223170.19931@tpp.orcam.me.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.2.20.2210311310000.19931@tpp.orcam.me.uk>

Andrew,

On Mon, 31 Oct 2022, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:

> > >> 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?
> 
>  This is why I went into such a lengthy justification for the change.  I 
> didn't want to just sneak the change in given Andrew's previous concern:
> <https://sourceware.org/pipermail/gdb-patches/2022-June/190306.html>.

 Given Simon's findings upthread, and especially his Github scan, cf.: 
<https://sourceware.org/pipermail/gdb-patches/2022-October/192750.html>, 
do you maintain your objection, or do you think this change might be 
acceptable after all?

  Maciej

  reply	other threads:[~2022-11-01 12:28 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
2022-10-31 13:31         ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2022-11-01 12:28           ` Maciej W. Rozycki [this message]
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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