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Re: [Patch] Bug 8287: Skip uninteresting functions while debugging
- From: Justin Lebar <justin dot lebar at gmail dot com>
- To: Tom Tromey <tromey at redhat dot com>
- Cc: gdb-patches at sourceware dot org
- Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:50:03 -0700
- Subject: Re: [Patch] Bug 8287: Skip uninteresting functions while debugging
- References: <AANLkTil4y3Kc2Q-Lq06_1N7VKDImGqolTGECsU2VqdwF@mail.gmail.com> <m3aaqi4vyy.fsf@fleche.redhat.com> <AANLkTin-9AzwBWuk8KwchWebJ8MHfWZe-Z-N2eBQQoHe@mail.gmail.com> <m3eiexams0.fsf@fleche.redhat.com>
Justin> I'm not sure I like "enable blacklist". ?The problem is that
Justin> "blacklist" is a noun referring to the list of all functions we
Justin> skip and also a verb meaning "add an entry to the blacklist".
Justin> "Enable blacklist" sounds to me like we're enabling an entire
Justin> list of blacklist entries.
Tom> Yeah, that makes sense.
Tom> Yes, that would be good. ?Any ideas for names?
Maybe we could use "skip":
skip function foo
skip file bar
info skip
delete skip 1
disable skip 42
"Ignore" might also work, but I don't like "delete ignore 1", or
"enable ignore 2".
-Justin