[RFA] Reverse debugging, part 3/3: user interface / docs
Michael Snyder
msnyder@redhat.com
Thu Apr 20 22:54:00 GMT 2006
Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
>
> FWIW, I've got no opinions on this patch. The content looks fine. My
> only concern is that I don't much like "set" variables which succeed or
> fail depending on the target - we can switch targets unexpectedly.
>
> Can we just give the error in proceed if the target can't run in
> reverse?
You mean, "and not give an error when you say "set exec-dir"?
Well here's the thing: I've had experience with something
very similar*, and the users complained. They wanted to
know sooner if there was a problem.
* Tracepoints. You don't find out that the remote target can't
support them until you say continue.
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