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Re: [PATCH v2 02/13] script language API for GDB: extension.[ch]
- From: ludo at gnu dot org (Ludovic CourtÃs)
- To: Tom Tromey <tromey at redhat dot com>
- Cc: gdb-patches at sourceware dot org, guile-user at gnu dot org
- Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2014 15:52:13 +0100
- Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 02/13] script language API for GDB: extension.[ch]
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Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com> skribis:
>>>>>> "Ludovic" == Ludovic CourtÃs <ludo@gnu.org> writes:
>
> Ludovic> I guess this is another limitation of Guileâs current signal handling
> Ludovic> strategy, and something we should fix.
>
> FWIW I think it would be sufficient for gdb if scm_system_async_mark, or
> something like it, could be invoked from a signal handler. Then a
> SIGINT in gdb could install an async callback that later checks gdb's
> quit flag.
Right. Unfortunately that seems hard to fix in the 2.0 series, but 2.2
is not too far away either.
Thanks,
Ludoâ.