From: Tom de Vries <tdevries@suse.de>
To: Simon Marchi <simark@simark.ca>,
Michael Weghorn <m.weghorn@posteo.de>,
gdb-patches@sourceware.org
Cc: Simon Marchi <simon.marchi@efficios.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 8/9] gdb/testsuite: support passing inferior arguments with native-gdbserver board
Date: Tue, 19 May 2020 20:46:43 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ba8be303-e96b-3719-62c5-614913bf993e@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <6970f13d-8044-f4bd-ba2b-b43b3467272b@simark.ca>
On 19-05-2020 19:22, Simon Marchi wrote:
> On 2020-05-19 1:11 p.m., Simon Marchi wrote:
>> On 2020-05-15 1:29 p.m., Tom de Vries wrote:
>>> The curly braces are what you get when you directly convert a list of
>>> strings into a string.
>>>
>>> If we do the conversion ourselves, we get the desired outcome:
>>> ...
>>> $ cat test.tcl
>>> #!/usr/bin/tclsh
>>>
>>> set args [list hello "with spaces" world]
>>>
>>> proc string_list_to_string_with_quotes { args } {
>>> set s ""
>>> foreach arg $args {
>>> set s "$s \"$arg\""
>>> }
>>> return $s
>>> }
>>>
>>> set args_str [string_list_to_string_with_quotes {*}$args]
>>> puts "run $args_str"
>>> $ ./test.tcl
>>> run "hello" "with spaces" "world"
>>> ...
>>>
>>> And we can use the normal "args" rather than the inferior_args, as long
>>> as we take care to pass the args from one varargs function to another
>>> using '{*}$args'.
>>
>> I'm fine with both ways, do you have a preference?
>>
>> Simon
>>
>
> In fact, I think I'd rather not use "args", because that would make it more
> difficult to add other parameters in the future.
Ah, good point, agreed.
> So I'd keep "inferior_args",
> although we can make it accept a list instead of a string, and apply the
> treatment you have shown above.
>
> Or, I like the procedures that accept optional arguments using shell-like switches,
> so we could do:
>
> set inferior_args [list a b c]
> gdb_run_cmd -inferior-args $inferior_args
>
> This is untested, I always forget how tcl converts between strings and lists
> exactly, but you should see the point. That makes it easier to add other parameters
> in the future.
Yep, sounds good to me.
Thanks,
- Tom
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-05-19 18:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 87+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-04-29 11:16 Patches for PR 25893 "gdbserver incorrectly handles program args containing space" Michael Weghorn
2020-04-29 11:16 ` [PATCH 0/4] gdb: Move construct_inferior_arguments to gdbsupport Michael Weghorn
2020-05-07 19:31 ` Simon Marchi
2020-05-12 15:50 ` Michael Weghorn
2020-04-29 11:16 ` [PATCH 1/4] gdbsupport: Extend construct_inferior_arguments to allow handling all stringify_args cases Michael Weghorn
2020-04-29 15:25 ` Christian Biesinger
2020-04-29 15:45 ` Christian Biesinger
2020-05-07 19:29 ` Simon Marchi
2020-05-12 15:48 ` Michael Weghorn
2020-05-12 16:11 ` Simon Marchi
2020-05-12 16:24 ` Michael Weghorn
2020-04-30 6:02 ` [PATCH v2 " Michael Weghorn
2020-05-07 19:49 ` Simon Marchi
2020-05-12 15:57 ` Michael Weghorn
2020-04-29 11:16 ` [PATCH 2/4] gdbserver: Don't add extra NULL to program args Michael Weghorn
2020-05-07 19:54 ` Simon Marchi
2020-05-12 16:00 ` Michael Weghorn
2020-04-29 11:16 ` [PATCH 3/4] [PR gdbserver/25893]: Use construct_inferior_arguments which handles special chars Michael Weghorn
2020-05-07 20:09 ` Simon Marchi
2020-05-07 22:09 ` Simon Marchi
2020-05-12 16:10 ` Michael Weghorn
2020-05-12 16:07 ` Michael Weghorn
2020-05-12 17:37 ` Simon Marchi
2020-05-13 1:59 ` Simon Marchi
2020-05-13 9:51 ` Michael Weghorn
2020-04-29 11:16 ` [PATCH 4/4] [PR gdbserver/25893]: Add gdbserver test for argument with space in it Michael Weghorn
2020-05-07 22:15 ` Simon Marchi
2020-05-10 15:59 ` [PATCH 1/2] gdb/testsuite: support passing inferior arguments with native-gdbserver board Simon Marchi
2020-05-10 15:59 ` [PATCH 2/2] gdb/testsuite: add inferior arguments test Simon Marchi
2020-05-15 20:07 ` Pedro Alves
2020-05-19 17:13 ` Simon Marchi
2020-05-20 16:28 ` Michael Weghorn
2020-05-15 20:07 ` [PATCH 1/2] gdb/testsuite: support passing inferior arguments with native-gdbserver board Pedro Alves
2020-05-10 16:09 ` [PATCH 4/4] [PR gdbserver/25893]: Add gdbserver test for argument with space in it Simon Marchi
2020-05-11 14:33 ` Michael Weghorn
2020-05-11 15:04 ` Simon Marchi
2020-05-12 16:20 ` Michael Weghorn
2020-05-12 16:50 ` Simon Marchi
2020-05-13 9:55 ` Michael Weghorn
2020-04-29 15:27 ` Patches for PR 25893 "gdbserver incorrectly handles program args containing space" Simon Marchi
2020-04-30 6:03 ` Michael Weghorn
2020-05-12 15:42 ` [PATCH v3 1/6] gdb: Move construct_inferior_arguments to gdbsupport Michael Weghorn
2020-05-12 15:42 ` [PATCH v3 2/6] gdbsupport: Adapt construct_inferior_arguments Michael Weghorn
2020-05-12 17:53 ` Simon Marchi
2020-05-13 9:56 ` Michael Weghorn
2020-05-12 15:42 ` [PATCH v3 3/6] gdbserver: Don't add extra NULL to program args Michael Weghorn
2020-05-12 15:42 ` [PATCH v3 4/6] nto_process_target::create_inferior: Pass args as char ** Michael Weghorn
2020-05-12 18:34 ` Simon Marchi
2020-05-13 9:56 ` Michael Weghorn
2020-05-12 15:42 ` [PATCH v3 5/6] [PR gdbserver/25893]: Use construct_inferior_arguments which handles special chars Michael Weghorn
2020-05-13 0:52 ` Simon Marchi
2020-05-13 0:54 ` Simon Marchi
2020-05-13 9:58 ` Michael Weghorn
2020-05-12 15:42 ` [PATCH v3 6/6] gdbsupport: Drop now unused function 'stringify_argv' Michael Weghorn
2020-05-13 0:52 ` Simon Marchi
2020-05-13 9:47 ` [PATCH v4 1/9] gdb: Move construct_inferior_arguments to gdbsupport Michael Weghorn
2020-05-13 9:47 ` [PATCH v4 2/9] gdbsupport: Adapt construct_inferior_arguments Michael Weghorn
2020-05-13 9:47 ` [PATCH v4 3/9] gdbsupport: Let construct_inferior_arguments take gdb::array_view param Michael Weghorn
2020-05-13 9:47 ` [PATCH v4 4/9] gdbserver: Don't add extra NULL to program args Michael Weghorn
2020-05-13 9:47 ` [PATCH v4 5/9] nto_process_target::create_inferior: Pass args as char ** Michael Weghorn
2020-05-13 9:47 ` [PATCH v4 6/9] [PR gdbserver/25893]: Use construct_inferior_arguments which handles special chars Michael Weghorn
2020-05-13 9:47 ` [PATCH v4 7/9] gdbsupport: Drop now unused function 'stringify_argv' Michael Weghorn
2020-05-13 9:47 ` [PATCH v4 8/9] gdb/testsuite: support passing inferior arguments with native-gdbserver board Michael Weghorn
2020-05-15 17:29 ` Tom de Vries
2020-05-19 17:11 ` Simon Marchi
2020-05-19 17:22 ` Simon Marchi
2020-05-19 18:46 ` Tom de Vries [this message]
2020-05-25 15:14 ` Simon Marchi
2020-05-13 9:47 ` [PATCH v4 9/9] gdb/testsuite: add inferior arguments test Michael Weghorn
2020-05-13 14:39 ` [PATCH v4 1/9] gdb: Move construct_inferior_arguments to gdbsupport Simon Marchi
2020-05-13 15:01 ` Michael Weghorn
2020-05-13 15:05 ` Simon Marchi
2020-05-20 16:37 ` Michael Weghorn
2020-05-20 16:40 ` Simon Marchi
2020-05-20 16:21 ` [PATCH v5 " Michael Weghorn
2020-05-20 16:21 ` [PATCH v5 2/9] gdbsupport: Adapt construct_inferior_arguments Michael Weghorn
2020-05-20 16:21 ` [PATCH v5 3/9] gdbsupport: Let construct_inferior_arguments take gdb::array_view param Michael Weghorn
2020-05-20 16:21 ` [PATCH v5 4/9] gdbserver: Don't add extra NULL to program args Michael Weghorn
2020-05-20 16:21 ` [PATCH v5 5/9] nto_process_target::create_inferior: Pass args as char ** Michael Weghorn
2020-05-20 16:21 ` [PATCH v5 6/9] [PR gdbserver/25893]: Use construct_inferior_arguments which handles special chars Michael Weghorn
2020-05-20 16:21 ` [PATCH v5 7/9] gdbsupport: Drop now unused function 'stringify_argv' Michael Weghorn
2020-05-20 16:21 ` [PATCH v5 8/9] gdb/testsuite: support passing inferior arguments with native-gdbserver board Michael Weghorn
2020-05-20 16:21 ` [PATCH v5 9/9] gdb/testsuite: add inferior arguments test Michael Weghorn
2020-05-25 15:42 ` [PATCH v5 1/9] gdb: Move construct_inferior_arguments to gdbsupport Simon Marchi
2020-05-26 6:17 ` Michael Weghorn
2021-09-28 14:33 ` Simon Marchi
2021-09-29 5:53 ` Michael Weghorn
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