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Re: next steps

From: "Frank Ch. Eigler" <fche at redhat dot com>
To: Martin Hunt <hunt at redhat dot com>
Cc: systemtap at sources dot redhat dot com
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 19:58:19 -0400
Subject: Re: next steps
References: <20050920155034.GA25619@redhat.com> <1127337815.3462.25.camel@dragon>

Hi -

hunt wrote:

> The issues I see so far that I would like fixed include:
> If we can't make the language typeless, can we at least add some type of
> polymorphism?  [...]
> Support for variable args, mostly just for print() so it can take
> printf-like formatting. This is needed for printa() too.

These are worth considering, though do you think they would constitute
a big step forward in usability?

> Currently the translator writes a large amount of C code for every
> probe.  [...]

This is already being worked on under bug #1330.

- FChE

References:
- next steps
  - From: Frank Ch. Eigler
- Re: next steps
  - From: Martin Hunt

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