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From: DJ Delorie <dj@delorie.com>
To: ac131313@cygnus.com
Cc: gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com, binutils@sources.redhat.com,
	gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [patch/rfc] Delete floatformat_arm_ext
Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2002 21:35:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200202240535.g1O5Zgx05615@envy.delorie.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3C787B14.7080704@cygnus.com> (message from Andrew Cagney on Sun, 24 Feb 2002 00:33:08 -0500)


> The single format wasn't sufficient for a program trying to correctly 
> manipulate both big and little endian Arm floating points - hence the 
> two new formats.

Is it safe to say that the code you're removing never actually worked,
then?  If so, then there shouldn't be any legacy code relying on it,
right?

> GDB has a strong preference for flushing code it no longer needs.
> It has the unfortunate habbit of rearing its head at later
> inopportune moments.

Perhaps, but libiberty is used by more than just gdb, so I have to be
extra careful about backwards compatibility.  Just yesterday someone
was asking about using libiberty in their own program.


  reply	other threads:[~2002-02-24  5:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-02-23 19:57 Andrew Cagney
2002-02-23 20:47 ` DJ Delorie
2002-02-23 21:33   ` Andrew Cagney
2002-02-23 21:35     ` DJ Delorie [this message]
2002-02-23 22:05       ` Andrew Cagney
2002-02-23 22:06         ` DJ Delorie
2002-03-05 22:31           ` Andrew Cagney

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