RE: [RFC] Send new ARI warnings to gdb_testers mailing list

Pierre Muller
2009-10-08T11:15:59Z

Hi,
sorry for answering so late on this email.

Joel, do you still agree on
moving the email-to address to gdb-testers?

> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : Joel Brobecker [mailto:brobecker@adacore.com]
> Envoyé : Wednesday, May 20, 2009 7:23 AM
> À : Pierre Muller
> Cc : gdb-patches@sourceware.org
> Objet : Re: [RFC] Send new ARI warnings to gdb_testers mailing list
>
> FWIW:
>
> > >>>>>>>>>> Email Title
> > ARI warning list change Tue May 19 01:55:11 UTC 2009
> > >>>>>>>>>> Start of email body
> > 1049a1046,1047
> > > gdb/lm32-tdep.c:293: deprecate: write_memory: Replace
> write_memory() with
> > regcache_read() et.al.
> > > gdb/lm32-tdep.c:337: deprecate: read_memory: Replace read_memory()
> with
> > regcache_read() et.al.
> > 58,59d57
> > < gdb/doublest.h:96: deprecated: deprecated extract_floating: Do not
> use
> > deprecated extract_floating, see declaration for details
> > < gdb/doublest.h:97: deprecated: deprecated store_floating: Do not
> use
> > deprecated store_floating, see declaration for details
> > 106d103
> > < gdb/ada-lang.c:1695: deprecated: deprecated set_value_type: Do not
> use
> > deprecated set_value_type, see declaration for details
> > 163d159
> > < gdb/sh64-tdep.c:1580: deprecated: deprecated extract_floating: Do
> not use
> > deprecated extract_floating, see declaration for details
> > 1600,1601d1597
> > < gdb/doublest.c:822: deprecated: deprecated extract_floating: Do not
> use
> > deprecated extract_floating, see declaration for details
> > < gdb/doublest.c:839: deprecated: deprecated store_floating: Do not
> use
> > deprecated store_floating, see declaration for details
> > >>>>>>>>>> End of email
>
> Can we just get the lines that start with "> "? As far as I can tell,
> we don't really need the "< " lines, since these are good news.
> The hunk headers (eg: 1600,1601d1597) are not really useful either.

I have to disagree here:
In some cases, the new warning might just be due to
a change of the ordering of the source (for instance if you
move a function). In such a case, you would
be able to understand that it is not a really new
warning, but a displaced by looking at the

> > Should I change the email address to gdb-testers?
>
> I would personally be OK with that; and I even think that this would
> be useful if all we were sending is the new regressions. Having
> the line number where the regression appeared is great.

Pierre