Re: [RFC PATCH 0/5] Deprecate/rename singlestep command line option

[Richard Henderson]

On 2/6/23 07:13, Peter Maydell wrote:
> So, questions:
>
> (1) is this worth bothering with at all? We could just
>      name our global variable etc better, and document what
>      -singlestep actually does, and not bother with the new
>      names for the options/commands.
> (2) if we do do it, do we retain the old name indefinitely,
>      or actively put it on the deprecate-and-drop list?
> (3) what should we do about the HMP StatusInfo object?
>      I'm not sure how we handle compatibility for HMP.

I was thinking that a better place to put this is within -d, akin to nochain.

I would deprecate and drop.  I dunno what to do about HMP.


r~