From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 12912 invoked by alias); 24 Feb 2002 04:47:44 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sources.redhat.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 12758 invoked from network); 24 Feb 2002 04:47:40 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO delorie.com) (207.22.48.162) by sources.redhat.com with SMTP; 24 Feb 2002 04:47:40 -0000 Received: from envy.delorie.com (envy.delorie.com [207.22.48.171]) by delorie.com (8.11.6/8.9.1) with ESMTP id g1O4ldQ11121; Sat, 23 Feb 2002 23:47:39 -0500 Received: (from dj@localhost) by envy.delorie.com (8.11.6/8.11.2) id g1O4ldb05280; Sat, 23 Feb 2002 23:47:39 -0500 Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2002 20:47:00 -0000 Message-Id: <200202240447.g1O4ldb05280@envy.delorie.com> From: DJ Delorie To: ac131313@cygnus.com CC: gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com, binutils@sources.redhat.com, gcc-patches@sources.redhat.com In-reply-to: <3C7864AB.1060900@cygnus.com> (message from Andrew Cagney on Sat, 23 Feb 2002 22:57:31 -0500) Subject: Re: [patch/rfc] Delete floatformat_arm_ext References: <3C7864AB.1060900@cygnus.com> X-SW-Source: 2002-02/txt/msg00663.txt.bz2 > The attached deletes floatformat_arm_ext from include/floatformat.h and > libiberty/floatformat.c. As far as I know nothing uses it. GDB stopped > using it some time ago. In general, I'm opposed to changes that reduce backward compatibility. *How* long ago did someone actually use it? What's the chance of that version still being in use by someone? Are there any bad side-effects if we just leave it in for historical reasons?