Re: MI non-stop interface details

[Pawel Piech <pawel dot piech at windriver dot com>]

Vladimir Prus wrote:
> GDB/MI is actually not a finished published protocol -- it's work in progress. 
> Unfortunately, frontend maintainers tended to read between the lines, and guess
> the behaviour and accepted input instead of asking here. And in cases where what
> they've read between the lines does not correspond to what GDB developers means,
> the result is a buggy frontend :-)
>
> Given that MI, presently, is still not adequate for such basic tasks as 
> listing local variables in a  function, it will change, and it might break 
> things, and frontend developers should provide the input to avoid surprises.
> You and Marc represent Eclipse here, and Nick represent Emacs, and 
> I represent KDevelop, so those three are fine, but other frontend developers
> should be more active here.
>
> Probably, I should add big warning to MI manual, saying that everything that is not
> 100% clear must be asked on the list.
>
> - Volodya
>   

Given how long (and for how many versions) GDB/MI has been around and 
how long it's been used by clients, you cannot simply make a disclaimer 
and change it at will without negative consequences to clients and 
indirectly to GDB.  It's kind of like common law marriage.  Common law 
marriage is a law in most states in the U.S. where if you live as a 
couple in the same house for so many years, you become legally married 
even if you never said the vows.  :-)

Cheers,
Pawel