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Re: [RFC] "actionpoints"?
- From: Stan Shebs <stan at codesourcery dot com>
- To: "Frank Ch. Eigler" <fche at redhat dot com>
- Cc: Stan Shebs <stan at codesourcery dot com>, gdb at sourceware dot org
- Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 09:08:42 -0800
- Subject: Re: [RFC] "actionpoints"?
- References: <4B5106CB.5060204@codesourcery.com> <y0mvdf25fb5.fsf@fche.csb>
Frank Ch. Eigler wrote:
Stan Shebs <stan@codesourcery.com> writes:
A plus is that the term is sufficiently vague that it is sensible
for watchpoints, catchpoints, tracepoints, breakpoints, and the rest
of the menagerie, including future ideas we haven't thought of yet.
[...]
This does not sound like a plus to me. A good term is *clear*.
Heh - "vague" is poor phrasing, I just meant that an all-encompassing
term would ideally connote that wider compass, without carrying some
other kind of more specific meaning. By that standard, "actionpoint" is
not ideal, because we already use "action" to refer to what tracepoints
when hit, and similarly for "eventpoint", because we do use "event" in
GDB, though in only a couple restricted contexts. "*point" is perhaps
technically most correct, although but as a non-word it presents
difficulties, for instance when mentioning it over the phone. :-)
Stan