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Re: [cdt-debug-dev] Remove timeouts in CDT?
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> > >I do not understand what must be fix in the CDT, if gdb stops responding
> > >for x number of reason, what exactly do you propose ?
> >
> > Kill the process.
> >
> > CDT already has a tiny amount of native code per platform.
> >
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> As folks been saying, killing, is not necessarly the right action to take.
> Sometimes gdb can recuparate and the session can still continue.
> Killing 'til now was considered to be the last action and the kind of action
> that only a user could take, not something that the CDT code should do
Couldn't "Terminate" be considered a permission to kill GDB if it does
not immediately cooperate?
> automatically because on commands timeout or exceptions, we would provoke lots of frustation,
> if we decide to just kill gdb when things go wrong.
Except for "Terminate", I believe that the CDT behavior is correct and
that it should not terminate GDB when it is being unresponsive.
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Øyvind Harboe
http://www.zylin.com
