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Re: [RFC/WIP PATCH 07/14] Expand %ITSET% in the prompt to the current I/T set.


>>>>> "Pedro" == Pedro Alves <pedro@codesourcery.com> writes:

Tom> I don't mind if you want to push some prompt stuff into the core, but I
Tom> think it would be better if done in a way that was compatible with the
Tom> Python prompt substitution code -- command-wise,
Tom> substitution-style-wise, and whatever else.

Pedro> I'm not certain about what you mean by this.  The %%
Pedro> sustitution added applies after the python substitution, basically
Pedro> a sed before display.  The result isn't stored anywhere.
Pedro> The "only" thing affected AFAICS is that to print '%', we'd have
Pedro> to escape it (e.g., %% => '%'), though I haven't implemented that.

It just seems strange to me for set extended-prompt to use one syntax,
but for this to use a different syntax.  I realize consistency is not
GDB's strong suit, but this goes too far :)

Tom


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