Re: GNOME::Debugger::Commander proposal

[Dave Camp <campd oit edu>]

Elliot Lee <sopwith@redhat.com> writes:

> > We did this because this interface aims to be asynchronous.  You will send
> > a set_breakpoint command, and at some point in the future, you will get
> > a "breakpoint set" event on the event channel. 
> 
> This is going to add a lot of complexity for no apparent reason.

There is a very good reason.  There are a number of things that need to 
be informed of an added breakpoint.  The editor needs to know, so that it
can put up a breakpoint indicator.  The breakpoint manager needs to know.

The one object that always knows when a breakpoint is added is the program
object.  So it becomes the program object's responsibility to notify 
interested components (via the event channel) that a breakpoint has been 
added.

Cheers,
-dave