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Re: [RFA] Add new command class_experimental

> Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 13:10:13 -0800
> From: Michael Snyder <msnyder@redhat.com>
> CC: gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com
> 
> > Hmm... I'm not sure I like this idea.  Why not add these as normal
> > commands?  If it's useful and stable enough, people will use it.  As
> > for possible bugs, the non-experimental stuff has those too.
> 
> Well, because we *don't* regard it as stable.

If it is stable enough to go on HEAD (as opposed to a branch, which is
where we try out experimental ideas), it should be good enough to be
treated as a normal command, I think.  That is, if someone reports a
bug that causes it to crash or produce badly incorrect results, we
will work to fix that, right?
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