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Re: source listing change
Jim Blandy wrote:
>
> > >> I think that this has been discussed in the past. Do we really need to
> > >> make this a separate option to list?
> > >Honestly, I didn't do any research to see if there was any discussion.
> > >Anyone remember? I'd like to see it as the default. It's a great
> > >visual clue.
> > I vaguely recall that people were concerned that changing this may cause
> > problems for things like ddd, insight, emacs or anything else which
> > interprets output from gdb.
>
> To be honest, I don't think we should avoid making good changes to
> GDB's output simply because it might break some program foolish enough
> to try to parse it. That's so limiting.
>
> Given that it's not going to break Emacs, Insight, or much of the test
> suites, I think this change is a shoo-in.
Someone has to take the lead and actually check it in then. I submitted
the patch for someone else but don't have access to check it in.
--Chris
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Christopher Blizzard
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I don't think I'm alone when I say I'd like to see more and more
planets fall under the ruthless domination of our solar system.
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