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Re: [PATCH]: ser-tcp.c: Use `localhost' as default hostname



On Wed, 1 Aug 2001, Andrew Cagney wrote:

> > I don't like to type
> > 
> >   target remote localhost:1234
> > 
> > all the time. It"s possible to abbreviate it to
> > 
> >   ta r localhost:1234
> > 
> > but I don't see a need to type `localhost'. I would like to have
> > `localhost' as default if no hostname is given like in:
> > 
> >   ta r :1234
> 
> I don't have an opinion.  Does anyone strongly object or concure with this?

Can the string after "target remote" ever be a file name?  If so, the
code that implements this should need to exercise caution not to break
the DOS/Windows drive-letter brain-damage.


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