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Re: [cdt-dev] catchpoints

Thanks for the input. I am going to write brief design proposal and post 
it here for discussion, this week.

Mikhail Khodjaiants wrote:
>
> All action should use "visibleWhen" to check if catchpoints are
> supported in general by the underlying context.
> I also think event types can be contributed via an extension point, but
> this is open for discussion, of course.
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of Elena Laskavaia
> Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 3:21 PM
> To: CDT General developers list.
> Subject: Re: [cdt-dev] catchpoints
>
> This is the most tricky part. Short answer is for gdb is close to
> impossible to do.
> For example to know if gdb support catchpoints you not only  need to
> start gdb but you also have to start program. I was thinking making ui
> (i.e. Add catchpoint... dialog) always show up and let backed return not
> supported operation in attempt to use particular unsupported event
> catchpoint.
> As what is showing up in the dialog as events: I think we let debugger
> plugin to contribute events, so technically if  debugger does not
> contribute anything it won't show up.
>
> Mikhail Khodjaiants wrote:
> >
> > Speaking seriously, please make sure the UI for this functionality
> > doesn't appear if a backend doesn't support it.
> >
> >
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