Re: show inferior-tty

[Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org>]

On Sun, Jul 10, 2005 at 11:32:29PM -0400, Bob Rossi wrote:
> > Incidentally, I don't see the need for this MI command or -inferior-tty-set
> > because:
> > 
> > (gdb) 
> > -gdb-set inferior-tty /dev/pts/1       
> > ^done
> > (gdb) 
> > -gdb-show inferior-tty 
> > ^done,value="/dev/pts/1"
> > (gdb) 
> 
> I was told that it would be a good idea not to bring/use the set/show
> variables in GDB/MI. Although, I could have misunderstood the advice 
> given to me.

Yes.  I asked Bob to do this.  The set of values accessible by -gdb-set
is not documented in the MI section of the manual; we generally treat
them as part of the CLI.  The example for -gdb-set shows $foo, which is
a convenience or "internal" variable, not a setting [although the
example for -gdb-show does show annotate...].

I don't think incorporating the values controllable by -gdb-set in a
stable interface is a good idea for compatibility.

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Daniel Jacobowitz
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