Re: [rfa:symtab] deprecate inside_entry_func

[Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@mvista.com>]

On Fri, Oct 31, 2003 at 07:07:28PM -0500, Andrew Cagney wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> This patch deprecates the function inside_entry_func.  Per the new comments:
> 
> +  /* NOTE: cagney/2003-10-31: A very simple test, such as
> +     get_frame_func == entry_point should be sufficient for
> +     identifying a pc in the entry function.  Does anyone know why it
> +     wasn't sufficient and hence, why the very convoluted
> +     "deprecated_inside_entry_func" is needed.  */
> +  /* NOTE: cagney/2003-10-31: An ABI and its crt0 code should define
> +     and implement a clean frame termination.  Not doing that is
> +     really a bug in the ABI/crt0, and, hence, not a reason for
> +     enabling the call to deprecated_inside_entry_func.  */

If handling broken systems isn't the job of GDB, then I surely don't
know what is.

Do you have a reason for wanting to deprecate this function?

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Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software                         Debian GNU/Linux Developer