Re: Multiple debugging sessions

[Nick Roberts]

 > > I've already said that I'm not planning to retrofit such a feature but
 > > keep the code simple by not having it.  Of course, if many users share
 > > your view after the release, I will reconsider.
 > 
 > I'll do it myself if necessary (after the release of course).

What is perhaps more important than supporting multiple sessions, is
confidence that the debugger is not going to crash on you while you are
debugging.  In the past, gdba has certainly failed on that count, and
discussions on this list have shown that people don't take too kindly to it.

If you can demonstrate a mode that has the same level of reliability and
supports multiple sessions, that will certainly be a welcome addition.

 > > I was aware of the issue. The file gdba.el, which I used as my starting
 > > point, used many buffer local variables, presumably to allow multiple
 > > sessions.  It didn't work, so I made them global.
 > 
 > Lovely.  You made it worse.

There is a bit more to allowing multiple sessions than creating a few buffer
local variables, as I'm sure you'll find out.

Nick