Re: [RFC v5] fix regressions with target-async

[Pedro Alves <palves at redhat dot com>]

On 03/12/2014 07:04 PM, Tom Tromey wrote:
> 
> That approach is fine with me too.  Then you can remove the odd linkage
> between the "maint" and target-async settings.

I would like remove that also for another reason:

The idea of "maint set target-async off" is to disable
_target_ async support, to emulate, say sync Windows testing,
on Linux.

Currently, on a non-async-capable target, "set target-async on"
itself does not error, but subsequent (CLI or MI) execution commands
fail with "Asynchronous execution not supported on this target.".

After the async-by-default series, "set target-async" becomes
exclusively an MI command.  After "set target-async on",
MI execution commands are background execution commands.

Therefore, the combination:

 "maint set target-async off" + "set target-async on"

should also result in the same exact error as today
you get when you try "set target-async on" against a
target that doesn't support async.

The linkage in v5 means that "set target-async on"
in the testsuite re-enables "maint set target-async on",
which defeats the purpose of the maint setting.

(btw, I'm considering adding "set mi-async", and making
"set target-async" a deprecated alias to that, for clarity)

-- 
Pedro Alves