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Re: [RFC] Let "gcore" command accept a suffix argument
>>>>> "Joel" == Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com> writes:
>> For example:
>> set $a=0
>> gcore $a
>> Saved corefile 0
Joel> Am I the only one who really doesn't like this idea?
Nope.
Joel> I'm surprised at my own reaction, since
Joel> it is not going to affect me all that much, and so I will let it go
Joel> if others like it (but it feels like a bandaid to me, and once it's in,
Joel> we won't be able to remove it).
GDB's command language is already weird and inconsistent. And it does
affect you -- it affects all maintainers, because it is hard to justify
incompatible changes. So, I think it is better for both maintainers and
users if we come up with generic facilities rather than ad hoc ones like
this.
Tom