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Re: RFC: add ability to "source" Python code
>>>>> "Joel" == Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com> writes:
Tom> However, due to the controversy, I'm withdrawing this patch. I guess
Tom> users can use "python execfile".
Joel> Withdrawal refused (ahem, I'm trying to make it sound like a
Joel> boss that refuses the resignation of one of his employees :-).
:-)
My reading of the thread is that there are three active proposals.
One is the patch (perhaps without the -p flag), one is the patch but
strictly preserving backward compatibility in the no-Python case, and
one is the cookie idea.
I do not like the cookie idea, because it is breaking new ground: few
existing Python sources use an Emacs-style cookie.
I do not like the backward compatibility proposal because I think it
makes gdb less predictable.
I also do not want to override the objections of other maintainers.
This is more important to me than this feature.
That is why I think we are at an impasse. Perhaps I read too much
into the various replies -- that is easily corrected by more replies :-)
Tom