[rfc] patch for pr8880

[Sami Wagiaalla]

On 02/11/2010 04:00 PM, Tom Tromey wrote:
>>>>>> "Tom" == Tom Tromey<tromey@redhat.com>  writes:
>
> Tom>  c-exp.y does sometimes differentiate the cases; it will emit an
> Tom>  OP_SCOPE in the qualified case.  I think we do mishandle either
> Tom>  "::name" or "::name::name" here, in the sense that these aren't
> Tom>  distinguished from a name without a leading "::".
>
> Sami mentioned that this was handled on expr-cumulative.
>
> I looked, and it does seem to be partially handled, but I think there
> are still bugs.  Also, parts of the implementation are bad -- checking
> for "::" in lookup_symbol_in_language is a no-no.
>
> I may end up redoing this; if you're actively working in this area, let
> me know, and I will back off.
>

Sounds good to me. Go for it.

Sami