Re: Suggestion for gdb-ui.el

[Nick Roberts]

 > >  > It would also be nice if the changed registers would be highlighted
 > >  > somehow (I noticed it's on the TODO list in gdb-ui.el).
 > > 
 > > This shouldn't be too hard to do with the GDB/MI commands.  I have other
 > > changes that also use GDB/MI but I am waiting till after the release before
 > > installing them in case such changes introduce bugs.  How useful is this
 > > feature?
 ...

 > If you write hand-written inline assembly then it is very useful to see
 > the registers while debugging. While doing calculations in assembly you
 > often try to put as many variables as possible into registers and try
 > not to load/store more than necessary to memory (because memory is
 > slow).
 > 
 > It can be helpful to see which registers have changed if you, for
 > instance, ...

OK. You've convinced me. I'll try to make these changes. If not before the
pretest, then after the release.

Nick