Re: Script autoloading

[Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>]

>>>>> "Jan" == Jan Vrany <jan.vrany@fit.cvut.cz> writes:

Sorry for not responding to this earlier.

Jan> Any idea how to make it working on both, Linux and Windows with
Jan> no additional setup (other than autoload-safe path)? What's is the 
Jan> rationale for excluding $cdir from source directories when searching
Jan> for scipts?

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Jan> Adding $cdir would solve this problem. The documentation also says: 

Jan>    For object files using .exe suffix GDB tries to load first the 
Jan>    scripts normally according to its .exe filename. But if no scripts 
Jan>    are found GDB also tries script filenames matching the object 
Jan>    file without its .exe suffix. This .exe stripping is case 
Jan>    insensitive and it is attempted on any platform. This makes the
Jan>    script filenames compatible between Unix and MS-Windows hosts. 

Jan> Maybe we can have similar automagic for .so / .dll / .dylib 
Jan> extensions. 

Jan> I'm ready to write a patch and submit it, unless there's a reason for
Jan> current behavior. 

I couldn't think of a reason, so why not go ahead.  The only risk you
have is of someone thinking of a reason during patch review,

Tom