[RFA/i387] improve the output of 'info float' (was: "Re: gdb-patch mailing list")

Mark Kettenis mark.kettenis@xs4all.nl
Sun Jan 3 08:46:00 GMT 2010


> Date: Sun, 3 Jan 2010 09:32:13 +0400
> From: Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>
> 
> Michael,
> 
> I changed the subject to something meaningful; you have a *much* higher
> chance of attracting the eye of the appropriate maintainer if you use
> descriptive subjects.

Yup.  I didn't notice it.  So either I didn't receive the origional
mail or I deleted it immediately based on the subject.  Can you send
the diff again?

> I will let Mark tell you whether he likes your change of output or not.
> Personally, I liked the previous output better - much more compact
> and easier to read, there are too many decorations in your proposed
> output and it's harder to isolate the relevant information.

If you send your diff again, can you include an example of how the
output looks?  I must warn you that I'm likely to agree with Joel here
though.



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