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Re: [PATCH] NEWS: Mention "set foo unlimited".
- From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz at gnu dot org>
- To: Pedro Alves <palves at redhat dot com>
- Cc: gdb-patches at sourceware dot org
- Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2013 16:25:59 +0300
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] NEWS: Mention "set foo unlimited".
- References: <20130416112224 dot 5077 dot 74439 dot stgit at brno dot lan>
- Reply-to: Eli Zaretskii <eliz at gnu dot org>
> From: Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
> Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2013 12:22:24 +0100
>
> I realized I forgot a NEWS entry for this. I put it right below the
> "New options" section.
>
> Okay?
OK, with one comment:
> +* Options that when set to 0 or -1 are handled specially as meaning
> + unlimited now also accept being set to literal "unlimited". E.g.,
> + "set trace-buffer-size unlimited" is now an alias for "set
> + trace-buffer-size -1" and "set height unlimited" is now an alias for
> + "set height 0".
That first sentence took me 3 readings to understand. How about the
following wording instead:
You can now use a literal value 'unlimited' for options that
interpret 0 or -1 as meaning "unlimited".
Thanks.