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0000024mercuryBugpublic2007-10-31 15:562007-10-31 17:45
Reporterpbone 
Assigned Tojuliensf 
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityhave not tried
StatusresolvedResolutionfixed 
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Summary0000024: Debugger commands inconsistant with help message.
DescriptionDuring a debugging session the "help forwards" information message describes a command called "fail" which dosn't appear to be supported. I don't know if it's supposed to work or not.
Additional Informationmdb> help forward
forward - Commands that move execution forward.
             The forward commands are `step', `goto', `next', `finish',
             `fail', `exception', `return', `user, `forward',
             `mindepth', `maxdepth' and `continue'.

mdb> fail
Unknown command `fail'. Give the command `help' for help.

The command 'help fail' returns the main help page.
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(0000042)
juliensf   
2007-10-31 16:31   
It's not mentioned in the user's guide but there is code to implement it
in the trace library, in trace/mercury_trace_cmd_forward.[ch], although
the code to enable that command in trace/mercury_trace_internal.c has
been omitted. It's easy to fix, either enable it properly or delete it.
It's just a question of which one.
(0000043)
juliensf   
2007-10-31 16:58   
zs said it should exist. I'll post a fix for this problem shortly.
(0000044)
juliensf   
2007-10-31 17:45   
The current implementation of the `fail' command is buggy which is
why some of the documentation was already commented out. I've
removed the rest of the user visible documentation, i.e. the reference
to it from mdb's help message.

I've added to fail to mdb's internal table of commands, so that developers
can use it if they wish.

Issue History
Date ModifiedUsernameFieldChange
2007-10-31 15:56pboneNew Issue
2007-10-31 16:31juliensfNote Added: 0000042
2007-10-31 16:31juliensfStatusnew => feedback
2007-10-31 16:58juliensfStatusfeedback => assigned
2007-10-31 16:58juliensfAssigned To => juliensf
2007-10-31 16:58juliensfNote Added: 0000043
2007-10-31 17:45juliensfStatusassigned => resolved
2007-10-31 17:45juliensfResolutionopen => fixed
2007-10-31 17:45juliensfNote Added: 0000044