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Re: Strangeness in set command

From: Tom Tromey <tromey at redhat dot com>
To: Michael Snyder <msnyder at specifix dot com>
Cc: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at false dot org>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz at gnu dot org>, Andreas Schwab <schwab at suse dot de>, gdb at sources dot redhat dot com
Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:34:39 -0600
Subject: Re: Strangeness in set command
References: <uod8os2n1.fsf@gnu.org> <jey77sp7xr.fsf@sykes.suse.de> <umyo8rzsk.fsf@gnu.org> <20080405185423.GB13805@caradoc.them.org> <1207595159.31772.330.camel@localhost.localdomain>
Reply-to: tromey at redhat dot com

>>>>> "Michael" == Michael Snyder <msnyder@specifix.com> writes:

Michael> The shortcut is probably one of those "seemed like a 
Michael> good idea at the time" things, but now it's established
Michael> and we're stuck with it.

It seems to me that changing "set x = expr" from valid to invalid
would be painful -- but it would be a one-time pain, and it would not
cause surprises.

Tom

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