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Re: [RFA] Add "inf" alias for "info"

From: Michael Snyder <msnyder at vmware dot com>
To: Pedro Alves <pedro at codesourcery dot com>
Cc: "gdb-patches at sourceware dot org" <gdb-patches at sourceware dot org>, Pierre Muller <muller at ics dot u-strasbg dot fr>
Date: Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:15:44 -0700
Subject: Re: [RFA] Add "inf" alias for "info"
References: <000001c9ffce$8b9b81e0$a2d285a0$@u-strasbg.fr> <200907081423.14012.pedro@codesourcery.com>

Pedro Alves wrote:

On Wednesday 08 July 2009 14:18:12, Pierre Muller wrote:
  I was used to use
(gdb) inf reg
to get a listing of registers,
but since the new "inferior" command appeared,
I now get this:
(gdb) inf reg
Ambiguous command "inf reg": inferior, info.
The proposed patch add "inf" as an alias of "info", saving the hassle of retyping "info" after the message above.
Why not type just "i"?  It is already an alias for "info", and,
it's shorter anyway ==> less hassle.

Because his fingers remember typing "inf". ;-)

I think we've been through this before, and the custom
has generally favored adding the alias.

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