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Re: [commit/Ada] delete ada-lang.c:extract_string and use target_read_string instead


> If it is always ascii then it is pretty safe as-is.  gdb assumes that
> the host execution character set is ascii-compatible in several
> places.  And, there is no validation or conversion of the character
> set used in the debug info.  So, this isn't any worse than existing
> situations :-)

(I have a feeling that I'm going to develop some knowledge about
charsets - actually, you guys are already to developing some charset
knowledge in me :-)

OK - if it's safe as is for now, I'm going to be lazy and leave it
as is. But thanks for the review, definitely very much appreciated.

-- 
Joel


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