Re: [RFA] testsuite/gdb.c++/cplusfuncs.{exp,cc}: work with either g++ demangler

[Michael Elizabeth Chastain <chastain@cygnus.com>]

Hi Fernando,

> Also, we must consider that what the tests are really checking for is
> not the presence of one some spaces, but that the right methods were
> found etc. (well, int and void disappearing does hurt a bit, but still,
> that was not what the test was written for).

Right.  As I understand it, this is the autoconf way.  Version checks are
bad, specific feature tests are good.

Last night I checked out the discussion on gcc-patches about Daniel
Berlin's demangler patch.  There's a style discussion going on about
what the demangler should emit with people referring to their style
document, gcc/libstdc++-v3/docs/html/17_intro/C++STYLE.

I will not willingly accept a project dependency on a controversial
decision that belongs to another project.  I'm going to continue
submitting patches that make gdb testsuite work with all known styles.
If the demangler gets more compatible, that's great.

> 1) If we had the "known failures" we could have marked those 8 tests as
>    such and associated with the Gnats id.

We have those bug_id and prms_id fields that are associated with the
whole test.  If someone wants to do some infrastructure work to link to
Gnats, I will be happy to use them.  I like filing Gnats bugs.

> 3) Your patch should have been submitted as 3 separate patches.

Understood.

> 4) Before checking in, please add some of the comments to the test file
>    (see below).  No need to repost.

You got it.

> 5) This is a nitty-picky thing :-) Please add a period after "New file" in
>    your first ChangeLog entry (and capitalize the following letter) before
     checking it in.

Ditto.

> And again, thanks for the patch.

Two down (almost).  Thirteen to go.

Michael