This patch adds . as an allowed character for user defined commands.
Combined with 'define-prefix', this allows to e.g. define a set of Valgrind
specific user command corresponding to the Valgrind monitor commands
(such as check_memory, v.info, v.set, ...).
gdb/ChangeLog
2019-11-30 Philippe Waroquiers <philippe.waroquiers@skynet.be>
* command.h (valid_cmd_char_p): Declare.
* cli/cli-decode.c (valid_cmd_char_p): New function factorizing
the check of valid command char.
(find_command_name_length, valid_user_defined_cmd_name_p): Use
valid_cmd_char_p.
* cli/cli-script.c (validate_comname): Likewise.
* completer.c (gdb_completer_command_word_break_characters):
Do not remove . from the word break char, update comments.
(complete_line_internal_1): Use valid_cmd_char_p.
* guile/scm-cmd.c (gdbscm_parse_command_name): Likewise.
* python/py-cmd.c (gdbpy_parse_command_name): Likewise.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
2019-11-30 Philippe Waroquiers <philippe.waroquiers@skynet.be>
* gdb.base/define.exp: Test . in command names.
* gdb.base/setshow.exp: Update test, as . is now part of
command name.
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