[rfa/i386] Make codestream deprecated?

Andrew Cagney ac131313@redhat.com
Wed Jan 8 21:03:00 GMT 2003


> Besides: this is why you should _remove_ them, rather than just
> commenting them, if you want them to go away.

The implication here being that I'm not removing deprecated code?

The simple reality is that it is not possible for a single individual 
remove all the old code in a single hit.  It takes a group of people 
co-operating, and it takes time.

If you look through the change log you'll notice that deprecated methods 
are being removed from the core of GDB, but the -tdep and -nat files are 
being left largely untouched.  Then, every so often, I or another 
maintainer will expunge the deprecated code from a target being it back 
into synck.  Over time the old code moves to the edges of gdb where it 
wilters and dies.

Andrew




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