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Re: [PATCH] Make file-based lookup more interruptable
- From: Doug Evans <dje at google dot com>
- To: Yao Qi <qiyaoltc at gmail dot com>
- Cc: gdb-patches <gdb-patches at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Fri, 22 May 2015 10:46:09 -0700
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] Make file-based lookup more interruptable
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On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 4:55 AM, Yao Qi <qiyaoltc@gmail.com> wrote:
> Doug Evans <dje@google.com> writes:
>
>> This patch makes, for example, "b 'foo.c':bar" more interruptable.
>
> Does 'interruptable' mean user can type ctrl-c to cancel the command
> "b 'foo.c':bar" which may take 10 minutes? If so, this change is
> visible to users, and do we need to add a NEWS entry?
I'd classify this as being no different than a performance improvement.
There already is a level of interruptability, the only change is in degree
of responsiveness.
We *can* start adding such things to NEWS, but we don't do so today.
Before we start imposing this on everyone, we'll need to establish
what does and does not qualify - I'm guessing we don't want to add
a NEWS entry for every little performance improvement.