[rfc] ``pc'' -> resume_addr?
Kevin Buettner
kevinb@redhat.com
Thu Apr 11 16:48:00 GMT 2002
On Apr 11, 7:35pm, Andrew Cagney wrote:
> Subject: Re: [rfc] ``pc'' -> resume_addr?
> > frame->pc ==> frame->resume_addr
> >
> > This, I think, should change. I'm 99% sure that this isn't the
> > hardware PC but rather the continue address for the frame (but
> > notice I'm not 100% sure thanks to its poor definition).
>
> Hmm, there is another approach here. As with frame_base() from my
> previous post, a more dynamic:
>
> frame_resume_addr (frame)
>
> that would let the ISA code compute it on demand using the frame's
> register information - in theory frame->pc could be removed.
Sure.
But what are the advantages of doing it this way? Is there a reason
it needs to be this dynamic?
Kevin
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