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Re: Return to Reverse Execution
- From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz at gnu dot org>
- To: "Dave Korn" <dave dot korn at artimi dot com>
- Cc: msnyder at redhat dot com, gdb at sources dot redhat dot com, jrydberg at virtutech dot com, fche at redhat dot com, brolley at redhat dot com, ebachalo at redhat dot com
- Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2006 13:17:32 +0200
- Subject: Re: Return to Reverse Execution
- References: <SERRANOciPXkmCJiLyN00000249@SERRANO.CAM.ARTIMI.COM>
- Reply-to: Eli Zaretskii <eliz at gnu dot org>
> From: "Dave Korn" <dave.korn@artimi.com>
> Cc: <gdb@sources.redhat.com>,
> <jrydberg@virtutech.com>,
> <fche@redhat.com>,
> <brolley@redhat.com>,
> <ebachalo@redhat.com>
> Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2006 10:30:40 -0000
>
> I think that if there is any potential confusion about what the terms might
> mean in the context of having set the exec-direction reverse, then that simply
> implies that the exec-direction command is superfluous and obfuscating, and
> that all we need are one set of commands to go forwards, one set to go back,
> and people can use the correct ones according to the direction they actually
> want to go
The main issue is not about the value of exec-direction, it is how to
call the commands that go backwards. I suggested the prefix ``back''
or ``backwards'' instead of ``reverse''.