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Re: [PATCH + 8.3] Don't derive partial_symbol from general_symbol_info
- From: "Christian Biesinger via gdb-patches" <gdb-patches at sourceware dot org>
- To: gdb-patches at sourceware dot org
- Cc: Christian Biesinger <cbiesinger at google dot com>
- Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2019 18:08:42 -0500
- Subject: Re: [PATCH + 8.3] Don't derive partial_symbol from general_symbol_info
- References: <20190424190024.28904-1-tom@tromey.com> <87h8aahur3.fsf@tromey.com>
- Reply-to: Christian Biesinger <cbiesinger at google dot com>
>>>>> "Tom" == Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com> writes:
Tom> This patch partly reverts commit 8a6d42345 ("Change representation of
Tom> psymbol to flush out accessors"); specifically, it changes
Tom> partial_symbol to no longer derive from general_symbol_info.
Hi Tom,
I don't really understand this patch, could you elaborate a bit about how
inheriting makes it less likely that fields will be initialized? In
particular the value field, since it sounds like that's where the problem
is.
Thanks!
Christian