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Re: Return to Reverse Execution
- From: Dave Brolley <brolley at redhat dot com>
- To: Dave Korn <dave dot korn at artimi dot com>
- Cc: "'Eli Zaretskii'" <eliz at gnu dot org>, msnyder at redhat dot com, gdb at sources dot redhat dot com, jrydberg at virtutech dot com, fche at redhat dot com, ebachalo at redhat dot com
- Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2006 11:59:37 -0500
- Subject: Re: Return to Reverse Execution
- References: <SERRANOe4t1wGFLMzN700000257@SERRANO.CAM.ARTIMI.COM>
Dave Korn wrote:
I think that if there is any potential confusion about what the terms
might mean in the context of having set the exec-direction reverse, then
that simply implies that the exec-direction command is superfluous and
obfuscating, and that all we need are one set of commands to go
forwards, one set to go back, and people can use the correct ones
according to the direction they actually want to go
I agree. I would be very easy to forget which 'direction' one is pointed
in and issue the wrong command by mistake. Making the 'direction'
explicit in each command eliminates this problem.
Whether the prefix is 'backward' or 'reverse' doesn't matter to me much.
When I drive my car, putting it in reverse always makes it go backward
when I hit the gas. :-)
Dave