RFR: 8271356: Modify jdb to treat an empty command as a repeat of the previous command [v8]
Chris Plummer
cjplummer at openjdk.java.net
Tue Oct 26 07:07:13 UTC 2021
On Mon, 25 Oct 2021 22:21:54 GMT, Jakob Cornell <duke at openjdk.java.net> wrote:
>> This has been under discussion on and off for the past month or so on serviceability-dev, and I think a CSR request is required, so this may be a work in progress.
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>> Notes on the patch:
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>> - The `list` command previously marked a line in each listing with `=>`. In a bare `list` this is the next line up for execution. Previously when requesting a specific location (e.g. `list 5`) the requested line would be marked. With the patch applied, `list` will only ever mark the next line up for execution. This is consistent with the behavior of GDB and PDB (at least).
>> - `EOF` is printed when the repeat setting is on and a bare `list` command follows a listing containing the last source line. This feature is from PDB; it's a somewhat softer message than the one for an explicit `list` request that's out of range.
>> - I don't speak Chinese or Japanese, so I've omitted localizations for the new messages in those locales. However, I updated the help text in both to include the new commands, with the descriptions left empty for now.
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> Jakob Cornell has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
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> Restore update of copyright messages in resource files
Looks good. You still need one more reviewer.
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Marked as reviewed by cjplummer (Reviewer).
PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/5290
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