cs01/gdbgui

use gdb's `-list-feature` instead of heuristics

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#313 opened on Feb 18, 2020

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Description

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. gdb features, such as whether reverse debugging is enabled, is currently guessed at by gdbgui.

Describe the solution you'd like use -list-feature instead of guessing gdb's features

https://sourceware.org/gdb/onlinedocs/gdb/GDB_002fMI-Support-Commands.html#GDB_002fMI-Support-Commands

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Replace the heuristic feature detection in gdbgui with a call to gdb's list feature command. Consult the gdb MI documentation for the correct usage and parse the output.
Tech stack
python
Domain
backend
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3
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