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Re: duplicated code in gdb and gdbserver
On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 12:12 PM, Frank Ch. Eigler <fche@redhat.com> wrote:
> Hi, Doug -
Howdy.
> dje wrote:
>
>> [...] I think the remote protocol itself is getting old. ?In days of
>> multiple threads, inferiors, and architectures, plus an expanding
>> feature set, ISTM IWBN to start over. ?[...]
>
> Do you believe there might come to be a concensus on this point in the
> forseeable future?
Depends on the patch.
> (Questions I'd start with: Forgiving old age, what actual shortcomings
> are known? ?Are they beyond the remote packet-extension mechanisms?
> Is there another suitable existing protocol? ?Is there a champion
> really interested in designing / implementing such a thing?)
I'm happy to leave the result to what the building of the library(s)
comes up with.