Re: GNOME::Debugger::Commander proposal

[Elliot Lee <sopwith redhat com>]

On 3 Oct 1999, Dave Camp wrote:

> Dave Camp <campd@OIT.EDU> writes:
> 
> > > >             void set_breakpoint (in string file_name,
> > > >                                  in long line_num,
> > > >                                  in string condition);
> > > >             void set_breakpoint_function (in string file_name,
> > > >                                           in string function_name,
> > > >                                           in string condition);
> > > 
> > > These two should return the breakpoint #.
> > Most certainly.
> 
> I'm sorry I take that back.
> 
> We did this because this interface aims to be asynchronous.  You will send
> a set_breakpoint command, and at some point in the future, you will get
> a "breakpoint set" event on the event channel. 

This is going to add a lot of complexity for no apparent reason.

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