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Re: [PATCH 2/6] gdbserver: remove function abbrevs from debugging text
- From: Yao Qi <yao at codesourcery dot com>
- To: Doug Evans <dje at google dot com>
- Cc: <gdb-patches at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2013 08:41:02 +0800
- Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/6] gdbserver: remove function abbrevs from debugging text
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On 12/18/2013 05:43 AM, Doug Evans wrote:
> This patch removes the function abbreviations from the debugging output.
Function abbreviations are also mentioned in linux-nat debugging output.
IWBN to keep them consistent.
> In one example it's wrong (GPS vs get_detach_signal), and I rarely
> keep in cache the translation to function name.
The function names in debugging output will be out of sync as function
names are changed, unless macro __func__ is used. However, __func__
is defined in C99 and we are using C90 (?) in GDB.
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Yao (éå)