Re: [RFC] syntax change for "record save"

[Tom Tromey <tromey at redhat dot com>]

>>>>> "Jakob" == Jakob Engblom <jakob@virtutech.com> writes:

Jakob> So we would do something like this:
simics> save ("file." + $a)     
Jakob> (when the first argument to + is a string, the next argument is
Jakob> forced to a string)

Jakob> I think supporting string generation would solve many more
Jakob> problems easily.

The problem is that it is not obvious how to integrate this into the
existing gdb CLI.  The CLI is not like a normal programming language,
with a regular syntax and a parser.  Any regularity is just by
convention; each command is just passed a char* that it parses itself.

Of course, we could invent something.  We could even turn the CLI into a
much more expressive language.  I'd rather not, though -- we have Python
for that, and I think it is generally better to just reuse an existing
language than to try to invent a new one.

Jakob> The save name INDEX to me seems silly, if you are doing this
Jakob> manually, why don't you just type a different name each time?

Yeah, presumably this is only done via scripting.  That's why I think it
is ok if the spelling of the commands is a bit verbose.

Tom