Is there an option to "silent-step"/ "silent-next" (possibly in python and/or mi)?

[Tom Tromey]

>>>>> "Simon" == Simon Sobisch via Gdb <gdb@sourceware.org> writes:

Simon> For "stepping in the current source" (given a mixed-source) I look for
Simon> a way to "silent step" / "silent next".
Simon> This will be useful for example if you debug within Bison and/or Flex
Simon> generated sources and don't want to step through the state / token
Simon> machine, having only the Bison / Flex _source_ be visible.

Simon> Getting the source name from the frame and comparing this after a
Simon> step/next is no big problem in GDB using python
Simon>    gdb.selected_frame().find_sal().symtab.fullname()

Simon> Using GDB in TUI mode I commonly "stay" in the source I'm interested
Simon> in this way, but the GDB command line gets "flooded" with all the
Simon> intermediate frame positions I'm not interested in.

Simon> So: is there a way to do a "step"/"next" with suppressing the normal
Simon> output and mi stop events normally send?

I don't think there is right now.  I think suppressing output during
these kinds of commands is a known issue, but nobody has looked into
what would be needed to fix it.

Tom