Re: [RFA take 4] Allow setting breakpoints on inline functions (PR 10738)

[Mark Wielaard <mark at klomp dot org>]

On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 10:38:31AM +0100, Jan Kratochvil wrote:
> On Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:33:45 +0100, Mark Wielaard wrote:
> > I think you should keep the historical information about older
> > versions and add precisely which symbols weren't included with
> > version 5 that are now included with version 6 in the documentation
> > of the gdb index format. That will be helpful for other producers
> > and consumers of the .gdb_index section (elfutils/binutils readelf,
> > gold --gdb-index option).
> 
> So far GDB sources kept only documentation from the recognized formats.
> Such change would have to be done retroactively.
> 
> I do not think it makes sense to give much energy to deal with older formats,

I am not suggesting to retroactive add more info on never documented
versions, just to not remove existing documentation of the old versions.
Version 4, 5 and 6 are all compatible to a consumer, having that documented
is a good thing IMHO. Just having one extra line to document which symbols
have been added in version 6 will also help other producers like gold
--gdb-index.

Thanks,

Mark