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Re: [patch] Fix python gdb.execute to not paginate
On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 10:15 AM, Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com> wrote:
>>>>>> "Doug" == Doug Evans <dje@google.com> writes:
>
> Doug> Actually, I wonder if it makes sense to bury more implementation
> Doug> details. ?Make an API of it, running a gdb command and collecting the
> Doug> result as a string.
>
> If we're talking about the long term, really the whole pagination
> interface is broken. ?Pagination should be a per-stream thing, and
> functions like wrap_here should have a stream parameter. ?Having to
> manipulate globals to get the right result here is clearly bogus.
No disagreement there.
> I don't think fixing this should be a requirement for a patch, though.
I'm not sure you're suggesting otherwise, but I'd still like to see
the modicum of changes I've requested implemented.