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Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/20] Remove DW_STRING and DW_STRING_IS_CANONICAL
To: Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>, gdb-patches@sourceware.org
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From: Simon Marchi <simark@simark.ca>
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On 2020-03-28 3:21 p.m., Tom Tromey wrote:
> +  /* Initialize this attribute to hold a string value.  */
> +  void string_init (const char *str)
> +  {
> +    gdb_assert (form_is_string ());
> +    u.str = str;
> +    string_is_canonical = 0;
> +  }
> +
> +  /* Set the canonical string value for this attribute.  */
> +  void string_set (const char *str)
> +  {
> +    gdb_assert (form_is_string ());
> +    u.str = str;
> +    string_is_canonical = 1;
> +  }

I don't find the "string_init" and "string_set" names very descriptive.  When
reading them in their call sites, it's not really obvious to me what's the
difference.  Perhaps "set_string_canonical" and "set_string_non_canonical"?

Simon