Re: [RFA] Fix gdb/277 by separating types

Andrew Cagney
2002-05-13T13:30:36Z

> On Sun, 12 May 2002, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
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>> This patch requires my previous cleanup patch. It fixes a test in
>> gdb.c++/method.exp for GCC 3.x/stabs+, and closes gdb/277.
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> A minor comment about style:
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>> type = (struct type *) xmalloc (sizeof (struct type));
>> + memset ((char *) (type), 0, sizeof (struct type));
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> Why the cast to `char *' in the first argument of memset? I thought,
> since we require an ISO C compiler, we shouldn't need those anymore.
> (There are more casts like that in the patch.)

Yes.

> The same goes for casting the return value of xmalloc, I think.

Yep. That one can have merit though.

I personally use that XMALLOC macro (yes a macro I like :-). Having had
to chase a few problems with memset VS void* in regbuf, I'm now (sadly)
tempted to #define MEMSET(VAR, VAL) memeset (&(VAR), (VAL), sizeof
(VAR)). Rest assured, neither are in GDB's coding standard.

Andrew