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To: "'Bob Rossi'" <bob@brasko.net>
Cc: Dave Korn <dk@artimi.com>, "'Eli Zaretskii'" <eliz@gnu.org>,
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Subject: Re: probing GDB for MI versions
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From: "Nathan J. Williams" <nathanw@wasabisystems.com>
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Date: Wed, 06 Oct 2004 16:46:00 -0000
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"'Bob Rossi'" <bob@brasko.net> writes:

> It is not possible to understand the output of the command no matter how
> simple it is. If there is no parse tree, then there is no way to
> understand the output from GDB.

You have constrained yourself to using a formal parser for absolutely
all interaction with GDB output. This constraint is unnecessary. The
suggestions in this thread are "start gdb, hand-check the result from
this particular minimal command, and *then* fire up the full-fledged,
grammar-generated parser, selecting appropriately for the version".

Perhaps you can explain why you feel this constraint to be necessary,
since that appears to be the real point of contention.

        - Nathan