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From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org>
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Subject: Re: [rfc] [0/8] Get rid of current_gdbarch
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On Tue, Oct 09, 2007 at 08:22:45PM +0200, Ulrich Weigand wrote:
> At this point, there's no need to involve get_current_frame.  The
> routine operates on the current regcache, and should simply consult
> its architecture.

As a more general note, replacing one global state with another is of
limited value.  It's not completely useless, but let's avoid it when
we can :-)

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery