[rfa] create testsuite/gdb.cp directory

Daniel Jacobowitz drow@mvista.com
Thu Aug 14 18:12:00 GMT 2003


On Thu, Aug 14, 2003 at 02:10:21PM -0400, Michael Elizabeth Chastain wrote:
> This is a formal proposal to create a new directory, testsuite/gdb.cp,
> for c++ tests.  This proposal is for HEAD only, not gdb_6_0-branch.
> 
> The issue is that "gdb.c++" contains characters which are not permitted
> on MS-DOS filenames.  So *every* file in testsuite/gdb.c++ must have an
> entry in config/djgpp/fnchange.lst.  I would like to get away from that
> requirement and use plain directory names that just work everywhere.
> 
> I propose to use testsuite/gdb.cp for new C++ test scripts only.
> Existing scripts would remain in gdb.c++.
> 
> 'cp' is the same name that other C++ files in gdb have,
> such as cp-abi.c, cp-namespace.c, and cp-support.c.
> Also libiberty/cp-demangle.c.

I would prefer to move all existing tests.

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Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software                         Debian GNU/Linux Developer



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