pending/1239: Inferior function call command set

[Andrew Cagney <ac131313 at redhat dot com>]

>Number:         1239
>Category:       pending
>Synopsis:       Inferior function call command set
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>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
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>State:          open
>Class:          change-request
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>Arrival-Date:   Sun Jun 08 19:58:00 UTC 2003
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 Hello,
 
 GDB has a number of commands for controlling the behavior of inferior 
 function calls (developers think of them as call dummies).  Looking in 
 "infcall.c" I find:
 
 	set/show coerce-float-to-double yes|no
 	set/show unwindonsignal yes|no
 
 And I'm now looking to add a third:
 
 	set/show call-location on-stack|at-start|auto
 
 So:
 
 - anyone got a better name for this new command?
 
 - should these be re-grouped into a set of sub commands vis:
 
 	set/show call coerce-float-to-double yes|no
 	set/show call unwind-on-signal yes|no
 	set/show call breakpoint-location on-stack|at-entry|auto
 
 I'm figuring that "(gdb) set call" should provide a rough correspondance 
 to the existing "(gdb) call" command.
 
 Comment away ...
 
 Andrew
 
 PS: Yes, this means that I've got a target using generic dummy frames 
 where the return breakpoint is on the stack.
 
 PPS: While it doesn't currently work, it should be possible to make 
 on-stack function when the stack has no-execute set.  It would lead to a 
 SIGSEG (instead of a SIGTRAP) which GDB should then map onto a breakpoint.
 
 
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