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Re: RFC: implement "catch signal"

On Fri, 07 Dec 2012 20:47:12 +0100, Tom Tromey wrote:
> >>>>> "Jan" == Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com> writes:
> 
> Jan> I proposed the scheme above so that 'what' can remain still a
> Jan> string while it also differentiates the various sub-kinds of the
> Jan> 'catchpoint' type.
> 
> Yeah, but why?

For backward compatibility, any change is usually rejected as valid only in
MI3.

I do not know how serious is the backward compatibility of type="catchpoint".


Regards,
Jan
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