[PATCH] gdb: add "-a" option for inferior commands
Simon Marchi
simon.marchi@polymtl.ca
Wed Feb 22 21:11:00 GMT 2017
On 2017-02-22 16:06, Spencer Baugh wrote:
> Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org> writes:
>> On Feb 21 2017, Spencer Baugh <sbaugh@catern.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org> writes:
>>>> On Dez 29 2016, Spencer Baugh <sbaugh@catern.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> @@ -1055,8 +1101,8 @@ as main program."));
>>>>> set_cmd_completer (c, filename_completer);
>>>>>
>>>>> add_com ("remove-inferiors", no_class, remove_inferior_command,
>>>>> _("\
>>>>> -Remove inferior ID (or list of IDs).\n\
>>>>> -Usage: remove-inferiors ID..."));
>>>>> +Remove inferior ID (or list of IDs, or all inferiors with -a).\n\
>>>>> +Usage: remove-inferiors [-a] ID..."));
>>>>
>>>> What is the meaning of ID if -a is present?
>>>
>>> ID is ignored if -a is present.
>>
>> Shouldn't ID be optional then?
>
> Like this then?
>
> Usage: remove-inferiors [-a] [ID...]
>
> I was just concerned that that doesn't indicate that one of them must
> be
> present. Not sure what the convention is to indicate that.
An option would be to have multiple lines. Not sure how to format it,
but something like:
(gdb) help remove-inferiors
Remove inferior ID (or list of IDS)
Usage: remove-inferiors ID...
Remove all inferiors
Usage: remove-inferiors -a
It would be nice to decide on a standard format for help messages, kind
of like man pages always have the same format.
Simon
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