Inconsistency on MI/2 interface

Doriano Blengino doriano.blengino@fastwebnet.it
Tue Jun 1 11:20:00 GMT 2010


Hi,

I am using gdb version "GNU gdb 6.8-debian" from an IDE I am writing.

I noticed what seems to me an inconsistency in replies using MI/2. If I 
send then command "stack-list-frames", the reply is something like:

^done,stack=[frame={level="0",addr="0x080533d2",func="ONEOFPAR",file="xfpide.pas",fullname="/mnt/data/Appl/linux/fpcgui/xfpide.pas",line="44"},frame={level="1",addr="0x08053923",func="main",file="xfpide.pas",fullname="/mnt/data/Appl/linux/fpcgui/xfpide.pas",line="145"}]

_The "stack" value contains a list of "frame" values_. When I send the 
command "stack-list-locals 1", the reply is:

^done,locals=[{name="result",value="-1215643660"},{name="ONEOFPAR",value="-1215643660"},{name="RESULT",value="-1215643660"}]

_The "locals" value is a comma-separated list of unnamed values_.

This is not an important issue, but I would like to understand why the 
two cases use different structures... wouldn't it be better to use a 
more uniform syntax? In the second case, a form like 
[local={name="..",value="..."},local={}...] would be uniform and open to 
future additions.

Thanks for your attention, and regards.

Doriano Blengino



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