From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 19659 invoked by alias); 27 Sep 2008 14:53:41 -0000 Received: (qmail 19651 invoked by uid 22791); 27 Sep 2008 14:53:41 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from rock.gnat.com (HELO rock.gnat.com) (205.232.38.15) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Sat, 27 Sep 2008 14:53:00 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by filtered-rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F8B92A969E; Sat, 27 Sep 2008 10:52:58 -0400 (EDT) Received: from rock.gnat.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (rock.gnat.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id rC1VAXzi+NNS; Sat, 27 Sep 2008 10:52:58 -0400 (EDT) Received: from joel.gnat.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 564002A9698; Sat, 27 Sep 2008 10:52:58 -0400 (EDT) Received: by joel.gnat.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 3EA49E7ACD; Sat, 27 Sep 2008 07:52:56 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2008 14:53:00 -0000 From: Joel Brobecker To: Tom Tromey Cc: Jan Kratochvil , gdb-patches@sourceware.org Subject: Re: [patch] static_kind -> bit0, bit1 [Re: [gdb] Fortran dynamic arrays] Message-ID: <20080927145256.GF3814@adacore.com> References: <20080818111120.GE16894@adacore.com> <200808181553.m7IFrG3w005270@d12av02.megacenter.de.ibm.com> <48A59B3C.9050801@net-b.de> <20080818111120.GE16894@adacore.com> <20080907115637.GA12939@host0.dyn.jankratochvil.net> <20080908172701.GA18549@host0.dyn.jankratochvil.net> <20080919222852.GB23372@adacore.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i 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: 2008-09/txt/msg00540.txt.bz2 > Joel> (that was my windy way of saying: I think I agree) > > I think it would be a good idea provided that there's some data > indicating that the space savings is worthwhile. I'm not sure what > would qualify here. I actually wasn't thinking about space savings, just code clarity. If we can save space too, great. But I think the first goal in itself is worthwhile. -- Joel