Re: [RFA] bug in symtab.c:lookup_block_symbol()'s search method

Eli Zaretskii
2001-09-14T09:06:00Z

> Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 10:53:35 -0400
> From: Andrew Cagney <ac131313@cygnus.com>
>
> >> IMNSHO gdb 5.1 can not be released with the symbol binary search
> >> lookup broken as it has been for the last year.
> >
> > Broken?
> > You mean slower.
> > It works *correctly*, just not as *efficiently* as it could.
> > Big difference.
>
> gdb is measured against many criteria, one is performance. if gdb's
> performance drops, gdb has regressed. some would describe it as broken.

Some would describe this a broken, but most reasonable people
(including you, Andrew ;-) probably won't.

I agree with Dan here: I don't think this specific issue can be a
valid reason for saying that GDB is ``broken'' and that ``gdb 5.1 can
not be released'' in its current shape.