From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 29719 invoked by alias); 1 Aug 2008 12:51:47 -0000 Received: (qmail 29709 invoked by uid 22791); 1 Aug 2008 12:51:47 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from NaN.false.org (HELO nan.false.org) (208.75.86.248) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Fri, 01 Aug 2008 12:51:27 +0000 Received: from nan.false.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nan.false.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA8C098397; Fri, 1 Aug 2008 12:51:25 +0000 (GMT) Received: from caradoc.them.org (22.svnf5.xdsl.nauticom.net [209.195.183.55]) by nan.false.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A754F98243; Fri, 1 Aug 2008 12:51:25 +0000 (GMT) Received: from drow by caradoc.them.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1KOu6O-0003cE-8K; Fri, 01 Aug 2008 08:51:24 -0400 Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2008 12:51:00 -0000 From: Daniel Jacobowitz To: Eli Zaretskii Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org Subject: Re: GDB to C++ issue: deletion Message-ID: <20080801125124.GA13594@caradoc.them.org> Mail-Followup-To: Eli Zaretskii , gdb-patches@sourceware.org References: <200807312204.m6VM4JQM007611@tully.CS.Berkeley.EDU> <200808011054.24219.apoenitz@trolltech.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2008-05-11) X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2008-08/txt/msg00004.txt.bz2 On Fri, Aug 01, 2008 at 12:53:24PM +0300, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > Still, I think that it is a misrepresentation to say that GDB code > cannot be understood by "mere mortals". Most problems, as far as I > remember from questions posted here, are about the high-level > architectural aspects, asked by those who want to add support for some > novel or unusual platform. People who need to fix a bug in existing > code normally don't have much trouble understanding it. For what it's worth, that's not my experience at all. Contributors have a lot of trouble with the GDB code. One of the biggest problems is cleanups, which is one reason I'm listening with interest to this conversation. -- Daniel Jacobowitz CodeSourcery