On 05/27/2011 01:22 PM, Josef Weidendorfer wrote: > On Friday 27 May 2011, WAROQUIERS Philippe wrote: > >> Changing in gdbserver the two letters for callgrind is very easy at this >> stage >> (as nobody is yet depending on these letters, it is only in Valgrind svn >> 3.7.0). >>
Good. >> But if we better change these, what should these 2 letters be ? > > Is there a need for vgdb to stick with 2 letters? I much would prefer "clg" > instead. Since years I use the alias clg='valgrind --tool=callgrind', and in > the callgrind sources I use the CLG_ prefix quite often. > I agree with Josef it would be best if we could drop the 2-letter-acronym requirement. My preference would be to use the tool name instead (and not some form of abbreviation). That increases usability as it eliminates all confusion. I fail to see the value of having to use an abbreviated tool name in certain contexts. It's just one more thing to remember. And it's not clear to me what the value is in return. Florian ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ vRanger cuts backup time in half-while increasing security. With the market-leading solution for virtual backup and recovery, you get blazing-fast, flexible, and affordable data protection. Download your free trial now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/quest-d2dcopy1 _______________________________________________ Valgrind-users mailing list Valgrind-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/valgrind-users
