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Re: Should there be a gdb_test_backtrace?
- From: mec dot gnu at mindspring dot com (Michael Elizabeth Chastain)
- To: cagney at gnu dot org, gdb at sources dot redhat dot com, mec dot gnu at mindspring dot com,randolph at tausq dot org
- Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 14:30:56 -0400 (EDT)
- Subject: Re: Should there be a gdb_test_backtrace?
I think gdb_test_backtrace would be an interesting idea.
Also, it could implement an output limit. Sometimes
gdb goes into an infinite backtrace and it would be nice
if gdb_test_backtrace gave a special FAIL when it saw
stack frame #1000 and killed gdb.
Michael C