Re: [PATCH]: Further updates to ada-* files

[Paul Hilfinger <hilfingr@gnat.com>]

Andrew,

> Lets start with the obvious, can you fix the ARI problems (Run 
> 'gdb_ari.sh -Wari' from http://sources.redhat.com/gdb/ari/)?

OK

> Looking over the code, ada-tasks.c is going to be a problem.  Can we 
> ignore that for now (removing it?) and just focus on getting basic 
> language support enabled?  Once that's done, we can start working 
> through the underlying issues that prompted ACT to add ada-tasks.c.

Right.  I disabled it (i.e., it's not compiled) in the latest version
of the patch I sent, and do not expect it to be reviewed.  We've
decided that now is as good a time as any to do a much-needed major
revision of ada-tasks.c; I'm not sure right now if I want to remove
the source entirely from the repository.  Depends on how major a
change I need.

The "underlying issues" are that Ada has tasks and they are (in general)
built on top of, but in principle distinct from threads.  As for why to 
put it in a separate file---well it's messy, due to the fact that 
tasks map onto threads differently on every single confounded platform, 
it seems.  

> Did that previous ChangeLog problem get fixed?

Not yet, but I haven't forgotten it.  It must go in, but I fear it will be
of no help for the current task.

Paul Hilfinger