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Re: Fix C++ demangler in libiberty?
- From: Mark Mitchell <mark at codesourcery dot com>
- To: "H. J. Lu" <hjl at lucon dot org>
- Cc: binutils at sources dot redhat dot com, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: 14 Apr 2003 10:04:28 -0700
- Subject: Re: Fix C++ demangler in libiberty?
- References: <20030414095748.A17723@lucon.org>
On Mon, 2003-04-14 at 09:57, H. J. Lu wrote:
> There are 2 C++ demanglers, one in libiberty and the other in libstdc++.
> Unfortunately the one in libiberty doesn't work right with the current
> gcc:
>
> http://gcc.gnu.org/cgi-bin/gnatsweb.pl?cmd=view%20audit-trail&database=gcc&pr=7986
>
> The demangler in libstdc++ works correctly. What is the plan to fix
> the C++ demangler in libiberty?
There isn't one.
I strongly urged the V3 people to invest the effort required to merge
the two demanglers, so as to avoid different, incompatible demanglers,
code duplication, test duplication, and many other evils, but nothing
came of my urging.
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Mark Mitchell
CodeSourcery, LLC
mark at codesourcery dot com