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Re: [PATCH] implements MI "-file-list-exec-sections" (updated)
- From: Bob Rossi <bob at brasko dot net>
- To: Nick Roberts <nick at nick dot uklinux dot net>
- Cc: Andrew Cagney <cagney at gnu dot org>, gdb-patches at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Sun, 2 May 2004 09:25:31 -0400
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] implements MI "-file-list-exec-sections" (updated)
- References: <16530.51947.983270.138336@nick.uklinux.net> <20040501040929.GB17480@white> <16531.37648.806738.186535@nick.uklinux.net>
On Sat, May 01, 2004 at 01:07:44PM +0100, Nick Roberts wrote:
>
> > I think everyone agrees, changing the CLI would be the worst possible
> > thing GDB could do.
>
> I'm not sure if thats true, I was just talking about timing. Its probably
> not reasonable or even realistic to insist that CLI output never changes.
Well, over time, I can see the CLI changing. However, I would expect
that to happen after at least one open source project implemented the MI
front end (Don't say eclipse, they use a hybrid approach) and the MI
API was considered stable and capable of doing everything that could
be done from the CLI.
I don't know if this stage has been reached yet, has it?
Also, is there any work done on the part of the GDB people to push the
other GDB front ends into the direction of using MI? Or when we make the
CLI changes, will all the other front ends just break?
Bob Rossi