gdb to do

gdb-todo.md

• Defaults changes

  • set print object on
  • set print pretty on
  • set history save on
  • Enable multi-inferior by default
  • Make a variant of info locals that shows both locals and args

• Build System

  • Convert gdb to automake
  • init.c is not remade if configure.tgt is changed
  • top-level configure will still build many things even if just gold is asked for

• DWARF

  • Should iterate over attributes instead of looking up each one

• Python

  • Value.string does not work for Ada array-of-char
  • Type.range doesn't strip typedefs
  • Type doesn't expose whether a type is signed

• Threading

  • strtok
  • strerror
  • asctime, gmtime, ctime, localtime
  • Read DWARF macro info in a worker thread

• Documentation

  • Document that the children method should be lazy
  • Update catch exception docs to mention param
  • fix catch load/unload to use markup
  • "set remotelogfile" doesn't seem to be in the manual index?
  • how to disable the remotelogfile?
  • document source highlight dependency

• Help

  • help catch assert misleading
  • help catch in general doesn't mention conditions
  • help bt doesn't describe qualifiers
  • help target remote is lame
  • help save gdb-index is not very well written
  • help - has an extra newline - check other TUI commands
  • interpreter-exec help doesn't have usage

• Cleanups

  • change tee_file to take rvalue ref
  • remove gdb/testsuite/TODO
  • pid_to_exec_file should return unique_ptr
  • unify TYPE_CODE_SET printing into the generic printer
  • remove remaining LA_ defines from language.h
  • merge Fortran TYPE_CODE_BOOL into generic one using decorations
  • remove print_array_index from language_defn and use decorations
  • unify string/char printing somehow, make string printer use language char printer
  • Remove opcode method from expressions
  • Remove bptype in favor of methods / OO
  • Remove dbx mode
  • remove type::set_code and ensure the code is set at construction

• Styling

  • Selected thread / inferior / etc
  • pwd
  • show logging file
  • info shared
  • file and function name in skip.c
  • file name in info sources
  • file name in info_frame_command_core
  • printing address in say_where
  • gdb "meta" output like <unavailable> could be styled differently
  • make set style enabled an auto variable, per Pedro's suggestion
  • disassembly in the TUI
  • the TUI locator window
  • file names in TUI titles
  • colors for the TUI window borders
  • line numbers (both TUI and CLI)
  • See https://gist.github.com/egmontkob/eb114294efbcd5adb1944c9f3cb5feda for putting links into the terminal. Maybe useful for help?
  • field names in print
  • field names in ptype
  • The Type "help ..." for ... messages
  • Style URLs - maybe like files?