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Re: [PATCH 0/2] Demangler crash handler
- From: Joel Brobecker <brobecker at adacore dot com>
- To: Tom Tromey <tromey at redhat dot com>
- Cc: Stan Shebs <stanshebs at earthlink dot net>, gdb-patches at sourceware dot org
- Date: Tue, 20 May 2014 13:23:11 -0700
- Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] Demangler crash handler
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> I realize there is an attractive quality to the "suffering is good for
> us" idea. It appeals to my inner spartan. However, I disagree very
> strongly with this.
Having been on the receiving end of this kind of logic, I agree
with Tom - quite strongly too, in fact. As a user, I do not want
to be held hostage, especially when there is no workaround. If
the proposed solution brings no noticeable harm for our users
in the situation where things are working as expected, I think
we should consider it. And to help mitigating the fears that
we would be hiding bugs, we can perhaps find a middle-ground;
for instance, making sure that we print a really verbose error
message.
--
Joel