[RFA] Assuming malloc exists in callfwmall.exp

Michael Snyder msnyder@redhat.com
Fri Feb 16 09:25:00 GMT 2001


Michael Elizabeth Chastain wrote:
> 
> I was going to drop this, but ...
> 
> > This is irrelevant.  The GDB test suite exists to verify that GDB
> > behaves as documented.  If a test checks for behavior which is not
> > guaranteed, the test is in error, and should simply be removed.
> 
> callfwmalls.exp checks that "call foo(10)" works in a target program
> that does not call malloc.  That check is useful.

No, the check is not useful.  "call foo(10)" has nothing
to do with malloc.  The dependence of call foo("bar") on
malloc is documented, and does not imply a dependence of
call foo(10) on malloc.  This is a nit.

> 
> It also checks that "call foo("bar")" works in a target program that
> does not call malloc.  That check is useless.

Um -- Michael, did you get those two mixed up?



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