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Re: [MI tracepoints 5/9] -break-passcount
>>>>> "Volodya" == Vladimir Prus <vladimir@codesourcery.com> writes:
Tom> It is odd to have a command named -break-passcount that can't actually
Tom> be used on breakpoints
Volodya> It can -- just not on all kinds of breakpoints.
Ok. Maybe you could explain how -break-passcount and -break-after are
different, without referring to "tracepoints" as something separate from
"breakpoints".
Tom> -- and that will never be usable on breakpoints.
Volodya> You mean, on "ordinary" breakpoints? It's totally unclear --
Volodya> while presently tracing breakpoints are always target assisted,
Volodya> we may in future implement a software tracing breakpoints,
Volodya> where GDB would execute the commands implicitly for user.
I was just basing this observation on your own statement that merging
-break-passcount and -break-after doesn't make sense.
Tom