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Re: Moving Linux-specific stuff out of i386-tdep.c


On Wed, Mar 08, 2000 at 03:51:32PM -0700, Kevin Buettner wrote:
>...18-char names, so if you add a ~ for backups, ls can still list
>files in four columns.  Weak rationale perhaps, but there's no other
>technical limitations, and so the criterion can be usability.

Personally, I would chose clarity of the name over the fact that
ls output can fit in four columns.

But then, I think the gdb directory is in drastic need of a reorg,
too.  Maybe if we had something like a 'tdep' directory instead
of i386-linux-tdep.c we wouldn't have to worry about this.

cgf

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