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Re: [RFA/testsuite] Cleanup pending breakpoints


On 04/26/2013 06:50 PM, Keith Seitz wrote:
> On 04/26/2013 10:44 AM, Pedro Alves wrote:
>> If in the end, there's no use in the tree for an "allow-pending"
>> option that allows pending but doesn't fail with a regular
>> non-pending breakpoint, in addition to a new "pending" option that
>> _requires_ pending, then I'd rather eliminate "allow-pending".
> 
> Right, that's what I meant -- remove "allow-pending" and add "pending". I suggest for the immediate time, we/I introduce "pending" (i.e, fail if regular BP set), and then we/I can go back and take a look at all the users of allow-pending and ascertain whether they would work (or were supposed to work) if a normal breakpoint was set.
> 
> From the dozen cases or two that I've already looked at (or written), all were really of the required type not optional type, i.e., the test was written specifically for a pending breakpoint; a regular breakpoint would break the test.

Sounds like a good plan to me.

Thanks,
-- 
Pedro Alves


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