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Re: [commit] Deprecate remaining STREQ uses
- From: Kevin Buettner <kevinb at redhat dot com>
- To: Andrew Cagney <cagney at gnu dot org>, Kevin Buettner <kevinb at redhat dot com>
- Cc: gdb-patches at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 21:21:34 -0700
- Subject: Re: [commit] Deprecate remaining STREQ uses
- References: <3FC119EB.1060102@gnu.org> <ufzgee29u.fsf@elta.co.il> <3FC234C0.1000500@gnu.org> <20031124165047.GA2227@nevyn.them.org> <1031124182547.ZM9776@localhost.localdomain> <3FC26AD4.1040704@gnu.org> <1031124235641.ZM11194@localhost.localdomain> <3FC2B177.7080100@gnu.org>
On Nov 24, 8:33pm, Andrew Cagney wrote:
> >> > I too would like to see discussion over whether a particular interface
> >> > ought to be deprecated or outright replaced instead of presenting the
> >> > renaming as a fait accompli.
> >
> >> Please explain.
> >
> > This STREQ issue is a good example. You chose to post an already
> > committed patch which did the renaming instead of first discussing the
> > approaches by which STREQ could be eliminated. IMO, it would have been
> > better to discuss the matter first and arrive at a consensus on how it
> > should be eliminated. (Or even if it should be eliminated.)
>
> Are you talking generally or just in terms of STREQ?
Generally.
As I stated earlier, I think we should try to reach some sort of
consensus regarding which interfaces to deprecate.
Kevin