Re: [rfc] Fix info spu mailbox command

[Markus Deuling <deuling at de dot ibm dot com>]

Hi Joel,

Joel Brobecker schrieb:
> > +send_gdb "info spu mailbox\n"
> > +gdb_expect {
> > +  -re "SPU Outbound Mailbox.*0xc0000000.*SPU Outbound Interrupt Mailbox.*0xc0000000.*$gdb_prompt $"\
> > +      { xfail "info spu mailbox" }
> > +  -re "SPU Outbound Mailbox.*0x00000000.*SPU Outbound Interrupt Mailbox.*0x00000000.*$gdb_prompt $"\
> > +      { pass "info spu mailbox" }
> > +  timeout { fail "(timeout) info spu mailbox" }
> > +}
>
> Any reason for not using gdb_test_multiple in this case (instead of
> send_gdb/gdb_expext)? gdb_test_multiple has been designed to handle
> this type of test, and as a bonus, you won't have to handle the timeout
> explicitly.

as far as I see gdb_expect is much more often used compared to gdb_test_multiple. What is the 
advantage of gdb_test_multiple compared to just send/expect? 


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