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Re: [RFAv2 1/3] Implement 'set print frame-info|frame-arguments presence'.
- From: Tom Tromey <tom at tromey dot com>
- To: Philippe Waroquiers <philippe dot waroquiers at skynet dot be>
- Cc: Tom Tromey <tom at tromey dot com>, gdb-patches at sourceware dot org
- Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2019 14:10:46 -0600
- Subject: Re: [RFAv2 1/3] Implement 'set print frame-info|frame-arguments presence'.
- References: <20190511185603.17231-1-philippe.waroquiers@skynet.be> <20190511185603.17231-2-philippe.waroquiers@skynet.be> <878suhl1hh.fsf@tromey.com> <1560170884.22517.6.camel@skynet.be>
>>>>> "Philippe" == Philippe Waroquiers <philippe.waroquiers@skynet.be> writes:
>> Is this a pre-existing bug? It seems like something we should change,
>> since my believe is that "no filters" should produce the same output as
>> the situation where there are actually no filters installed.
Philippe> Yes, it is a pre-existing "bug", but the difference of behaviour is
Philippe> between 'bt' and 'bt no-filters' *when there are some filters*.
[...]
Philippe> This difference of behaviour will be visible as long as there is
Philippe> one filter active, even if the filter is a 'no effect' filter.
Philippe> So, the question is: do we want to change the default output behaviour
Philippe> of python frame filters to be LOCATION ?
Philippe> That is of course a user visible change.
Yes, I think this ought to change. Installing a "no effect" filter
should not have any effect on the output.
Tom