RE: [MI] -thread-select using the --thread option

[Marc Khouzam <marc dot khouzam at ericsson dot com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: gdb-owner@sourceware.org 
> [mailto:gdb-owner@sourceware.org] On Behalf Of Vladimir Prus
> Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 5:30 AM
> To: gdb@sources.redhat.com
> Subject: Re: [MI] -thread-select using the --thread option
> 
> Marc Khouzam wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I just realized that DSF-GDB (with GDB 7.0), when forced to 
> use -thread-select,
> > is adding the --thread option to it.  So I see
> > 
> >   -thread-select --thread 1 1
> > 
> > This will happen before using a CLI command ('jump'), for example.
> > 
> > I'm assuming I should just turn off the use of the --thread 
> option for
> > -thread-select.  I just wanted to check with you experts if it truly
> > is that simple.
> 
> Well, the officially blessed way is to never use -thread-select in
> the first place ;-) If you are going to use it, then well, omitting
> --thread seems reasonable.

Thanks

Whenever I use an MI command I use --thread instead of -thread-select,
but when I have to use a CLI command I have to use -thread-select.
But that does not happen very often (actually, I don't have an
example anymore, since I noticed that -exec-jump exists)