Re: [rfa] allocate_objfile(NULL, 0)

[Elena Zannoni <ezannoni@redhat.com>]

Tom Tromey writes:
 > >>>>> "David" == David Carlton <carlton@math.stanford.edu> writes:
 > 
 > David> I'm no Java expert, but here's the situation as I understand
 > David> it.  When evaluating Java code, sometimes you have to generate
 > David> new Java classes in an unpredictable manner.
 > 
 > David> Alas, I don't know enough Java to be able to create a test
 > David> case.
 > 
 > I don't know very much about this part of gdb.  However, I can say
 > that in libgcj we create classes on the fly to represent arrays.  Even
 > the simplest Java program will create at least one such array (for
 > String[]):
 > 
 > public class t
 > {
 >   public static void main(String[] args)
 >   {
 >      System.out.println(args.length);
 >   }
 > }
 > 
 > Then compile with:
 > 
 > gcj --main=t -o t t.java
 > 
 > 
 > There is at least one longstanding gdb SEGV that happens when trying
 > to re-run a Java executable.  This happens in most, but not every, gdb
 > session.
 > 
 > Unfortunately I can't try your patch in the near future.
 > 
 > Tom

David, Tom, could a little gdb test be created and put in gdb.java?

elena