Re: [RFA] Add new command class_experimental

[Michael Snyder <msnyder at redhat dot com>]

Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 13:10:13 -0800
> > From: Michael Snyder <msnyder@redhat.com>
> > CC: gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com
> >
> >
> > > Hmm... I'm not sure I like this idea.  Why not add these as normal
> > > commands?  If it's useful and stable enough, people will use it.  As
> > > for possible bugs, the non-experimental stuff has those too.
> >
> > Well, because we *don't* regard it as stable.
>
>
> If it is stable enough to go on HEAD (as opposed to a branch, which is
> where we try out experimental ideas), it should be good enough to be
> treated as a normal command, I think.  That is, if someone reports a
> bug that causes it to crash or produce badly incorrect results, we
> will work to fix that, right?

Yeah, but being 'experimental', we would not feel obligated to
support it indefinitely, nor in particular to support its present
user interface, should we decide to change or abandon it.

However, I'll consider it a viable suggestion if you think
we should just use a branch instead.