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Re: [patch] Add support for hooking prefix commands


> Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2011 13:15:15 +0200
> From: Sorin Otescu <sorinu@gmail.com>
> 
> I recently needed to add a hook for the "info threads" command. 
> Unfortunately, this was not possible because GDB only allows hooking of 
> single word commands.
> This patch adds support for multi-word command (prefix command) hooks. 
> In my case, the format of the hook commands is:

Thanks.

> define hook-info_threads
> define hookpost-info_threads

Can we have underscore characters in commands?  If so, this
implementation would defeat hooking them.

Anyway, if this is accepted, please write a short patch for the manual
as well.


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