From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 17861 invoked by alias); 24 Feb 2002 05:35:47 -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 17689 invoked from network); 24 Feb 2002 05:35:43 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO delorie.com) (207.22.48.162) by sources.redhat.com with SMTP; 24 Feb 2002 05:35:43 -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 g1O5Zgx15430; Sun, 24 Feb 2002 00:35:42 -0500 Received: (from dj@localhost) by envy.delorie.com (8.11.6/8.11.2) id g1O5Zgx05615; Sun, 24 Feb 2002 00:35:42 -0500 Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2002 21:35:00 -0000 Message-Id: <200202240535.g1O5Zgx05615@envy.delorie.com> From: DJ Delorie To: ac131313@cygnus.com CC: gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com, binutils@sources.redhat.com, gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org In-reply-to: <3C787B14.7080704@cygnus.com> (message from Andrew Cagney on Sun, 24 Feb 2002 00:33:08 -0500) Subject: Re: [patch/rfc] Delete floatformat_arm_ext References: <3C7864AB.1060900@cygnus.com> <200202240447.g1O4ldb05280@envy.delorie.com> <3C787B14.7080704@cygnus.com> X-SW-Source: 2002-02/txt/msg00667.txt.bz2 > 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.