[PATCHv2 2/2] gdb: Change how frames are selected for 'frame' and 'info frame'.

Philippe Waroquiers philippe.waroquiers@skynet.be
Tue Jun 5 21:16:00 GMT 2018


On Tue, 2018-06-05 at 19:53 +0100, Andrew Burgess wrote:
> > If we do need a keyword, how about "frame add"?
> 
> Personally, I think 'add' is worse than 'create' - what's the frame
> being added too?  But I do acknowledge that 'create' is not ideal
> either.
> 
> I wonder if 'new' is better than 'create', maybe implies less "making
> something in the inferior"?  Or how about, 'for' instead, like this:
> 
>   (gdb) frame for STACK-ADDR PC-ADDR

If nothing is added or created or ...,
maybe you could also use one of:
    (gdb) frame interpret STACK-ADDR PC-ADDR
or
    (gdb) frame look STACK-ADDR PC-ADDR
or
    (gdb) frame view STACK-ADDR PC-ADDR
?

Philippe



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