Request for new gdb command: 'info orientation'

Josef Ezra sgdb@subdimension.com
Thu Jun 13 11:20:00 GMT 2002


Michael Snyder wrote:
> Josef Ezra wrote:
> 
>>Hi all
>>
>>While writing a perl gui for gdb, I had to add a new command. It looks
>>like this:
>>
>>(gdb) info orientation main
>>0x00034960:753
>>0x00034b44:757
>>0x00034b48:761
>>0x00034b50:759
>>0x00034b54:761
>>0x00034b68:763
>>0x00034b70:772
>>(gdb)
>>
>>and associate addresses with line numbers. This information allow
>>merging the disassemble with the sources without executing 'info line'
>>command for each address, since the last took too long (the difference
>>between O(n^2) to O(n)).
>>(The command was also useful for analyzing patches and code changes.)
> 
> 
> I like it as maybe a maintainer command (or even a user one, if
> you think users might gain something from it.
> 
> I don't like the name, though -- "info orientation" doesn't say
> anything to me.  Maybe "info lines"?  Or, as a maintainer command, 
> "info sal"?
> 

How about 'maintenance info-lines'?




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