Re: gud slowness?

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Miles Bader <address@hidden>
> Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 11:30:35 +0900
> Cc: Emacs developers <address@hidden>
> 
> I usually use "M-x gud-gdb" instead of "M-x gdb".
> 
> The former uses the old-style emacs gdb interface, and in general seems
> to be much more usable and less buggy than the "new" emacs gdb code.
> 
> [This situation has been true basically as long as the new code has been
> in emacs (~4 years?), and I've seen little indication that this is going
> to change soon.]

The old interface uses a GDB feature that's deprecated in GDB and can
disappear at any time.  So if there are serious problems with the
"new" gdb support code, we had better invest some effort into fixing
it.