Re: Request for new gdb command: 'info orientation'

[Josef Ezra <sgdb at subdimension dot com>]

Michael Snyder wrote:
> Josef Ezra wrote:
>
> > Hi all
> >
> > While writing a perl gui for gdb, I had to add a new command. It looks
> > like this:
> >
> > (gdb) info orientation main
> > 0x00034960:753
> > 0x00034b44:757
> > 0x00034b48:761
> > 0x00034b50:759
> > 0x00034b54:761
> > 0x00034b68:763
> > 0x00034b70:772
> > (gdb)
> >
> > and associate addresses with line numbers. This information allow
> > merging the disassemble with the sources without executing 'info line'
> > command for each address, since the last took too long (the difference
> > between O(n^2) to O(n)).
> > (The command was also useful for analyzing patches and code changes.)
>
> I like it as maybe a maintainer command (or even a user one, if
> you think users might gain something from it.
>
> I don't like the name, though -- "info orientation" doesn't say
> anything to me.  Maybe "info lines"?  Or, as a maintainer command, 
> "info sal"?
How about 'maintenance info-lines'?