From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 22939 invoked by alias); 16 Apr 2009 22:45:21 -0000 Received: (qmail 22899 invoked by uid 22791); 16 Apr 2009 22:45:19 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from rock.gnat.com (HELO rock.gnat.com) (205.232.38.15) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Thu, 16 Apr 2009 22:45:14 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by filtered-rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 915972BAC36; Thu, 16 Apr 2009 18:45:12 -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 5ObzrbCXdDio; Thu, 16 Apr 2009 18:45:12 -0400 (EDT) Received: from joel.gnat.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F4DE2BABF1; Thu, 16 Apr 2009 18:45:12 -0400 (EDT) Received: by joel.gnat.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id E50D9F58C1; Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:45:07 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 22:45:00 -0000 From: Joel Brobecker To: Tom Tromey Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org Subject: Re: [commit/Ada] delete ada-lang.c:extract_string and use target_read_string instead Message-ID: <20090416224507.GM7585@adacore.com> References: <20090416171914.GM7557@adacore.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) 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: 2009-04/txt/msg00400.txt.bz2 > I don't know what the Ada compiler emits here, but offhand it seems > like this needs a conversion to the host charset. > I'd imagine in most cases everything is ASCII-compatible and therefore > the problem never manifests. Yes, it is in ascii. Can I get away without doing a conversion, or would it be better if I did? The string just contains a symbol name. -- Joel