Re: [PATCH] specify arguments to debugee from commandline

[David Deephanphongs <deephan at erols dot com>]

Thus spake Pierre Muller (muller@cerbere.u-strasbg.fr):
> 
>    Why doesn't GDB simply use  '--' like X ?
> 
> Everything that appears after '--' are considered as args for set args !
> 

Since GDB has the gdb <prog> <core|pid>  syntax, using -- would remove the
possibility of having core files that are named --.  Granted, that's not too
likely, but it seems like if we can avoid any compatability problems we should.

Dave
(ps. I'm subscribed to gdb-sources, so I don't need to be emailed directly.)

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