Re: How to store function-name and its return values while program runs

[Michael Snyder <msnyder at vmware dot com>]

Joel Brobecker wrote:
> > I wished many times that above worked, but it doesn't: 'finish'
> > appears to interrupt flow of script, and subsequent commands are
> > never executed:
> [...]
> > Is this a bug?
>
> It actually isn't. The manual tries to explain why:
>
> > Any other commands in the command list, after a command that resumes
> > execution, are ignored. This is because any time you resume execution
> > (even with a simple next or step), you may encounter another
> > breakpoint--which could have its own command list, leading to
> > ambiguities about which list to execute.
>
> Most of the users at AdaCore view this as a limitation, but I haven't
> really had the energy to look at improving this.

Mumble.  I'm sorry -- of course I knew about that, but I
must have dreamed that somebody had done something about it
a while back...