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Re: [RFA] Revised C++ ABI abstraction patches
- To: Michael Elizabeth Chastain <chastain at cygnus dot com>
- Subject: Re: [RFA] Revised C++ ABI abstraction patches
- From: Jim Blandy <jimb at zwingli dot cygnus dot com>
- Date: 15 Mar 2001 14:05:01 -0500
- Cc: gdb-patches at sources dot redhat dot com
- References: <200103151850.KAA30796@bosch.cygnus.com>
Michael Elizabeth Chastain <chastain@cygnus.com> writes:
> Lightly proofread, no obvious errors found.
Great. That means all the bugs still there are non-obvious, and will
take a long time to find. Just make my day, will you. (Thanks.)
> I would prefer constructor_prefix_p et al to be real functions rather
> than macros. When I single-step code in gdb, it's a lot easier to follow
> real functions than macros.
I agree completely. But it is not the standard practice (see target.h
and elsewhere) and others don't seem to mind. So I reined in my prima
donna urges and left them as macros.
And besides, function calls are so slow. Remember, GDB's performance
matters a lot --- it's used to debug real-time operating systems!
:(
> If I get some bandwidth I'll test it against gcc 2.95.2 and gcc-3pre
> on a Solaris machine.
If I get a bandstand I'll play the boogie 'til the sun goes down.