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[patch/rfc] mention C++ support in NEWS


I'm pretty much done merging in my C++ changes (I'll post another
message with more details in a sec), so it seems like it's time to
mention it in NEWS.  Any suggested improvements to the wording in the
following patch?

David Carlton
carlton@kealia.com

2004-02-11  David Carlton  <carlton@kealia.com>

	* NEWS: Mention C++ nested types and namespaces.

Index: NEWS
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/NEWS,v
retrieving revision 1.135
diff -u -p -r1.135 NEWS
--- NEWS	5 Feb 2004 19:56:33 -0000	1.135
+++ NEWS	11 Feb 2004 18:10:42 -0000
@@ -36,6 +36,13 @@ GDB support for location expressions has
 arguments and frame bases.  Older versions of GDB could crash when they
 encountered these.
 
+* C++ nested types and namespaces
+
+GDB's support for nested types and namespaces in C++ has been
+improved.  We recommend that you use the DWARF 2 debugging format to
+get the full benefit from this; this is the default for recent
+versions of GCC on most platforms.
+
 * New native configurations
 
 NetBSD/amd64					x86_64-*-netbsd*


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