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Re: [RFC] GDB interpreters

From: Andrew Cagney <ac131313 at cygnus dot com>
To: Keith Seitz <keiths at redhat dot com>
Cc: gdb-patches at sources dot redhat dot com
Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 17:40:11 -0400
Subject: Re: [RFC] GDB interpreters
References: <Pine.GSO.4.33.0205211128320.22131-100000@makita.cygnus.com>

> On Tue, 21 May 2002, Keith Seitz wrote:
> 
> 
>> Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>>
> 
>> > Can we have completion on known interpreter names in these commands?  The
>> > default completer function completes on symbols from the inferior, which
>> > is really not a good idea in this case ;-)
> 
>>
>> I can certainly look into that...
> 
> 
> Ok, I admit, I know very little about the completer. However, I can copy
> code as well as the next guy! :-)
> 
> How does this look? (This would be a patch for the file I posted
> yesterday.)

Hmm, I've now twice seen the same problem - a completer for a changing 
(growing) list of options.  (JimI had it with a C++ command he was adding).

Can I suggest creating a bug report noteing this limitation in the cli 
interface.

enjoy,
Andrew

References:
- Re: [RFC] GDB interpreters
  - From: Keith Seitz

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