From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 12592 invoked by alias); 4 Jun 2012 13:02:10 -0000 Received: (qmail 12583 invoked by uid 22791); 4 Jun 2012 13:02:09 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_NO 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; Mon, 04 Jun 2012 13:01:57 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by filtered-rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 637791C6651; Mon, 4 Jun 2012 09:01:56 -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 5U29oFMQ3A4J; Mon, 4 Jun 2012 09:01:56 -0400 (EDT) Received: from joel.gnat.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2EAB1C6648; Mon, 4 Jun 2012 09:01:55 -0400 (EDT) Received: by joel.gnat.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 4D598145616; Mon, 4 Jun 2012 06:01:50 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2012 13:02:00 -0000 From: Joel Brobecker To: Doug Evans Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org Subject: Re: [RFA 3/3] Windows-specific iterate_over_objfiles_in_search_order Message-ID: <20120604130150.GB2659@adacore.com> References: <1338496603-5423-1-git-send-email-brobecker@adacore.com> <1338496603-5423-4-git-send-email-brobecker@adacore.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) 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: 2012-06/txt/msg00080.txt.bz2 > GDB's notion of a global symbol isn't a perfect match for ELF's notion. > I'm wondering if there are examples where we'd want this for ELF too. > [And are there examples where we don't want this for ELF?] This is definitely one of these issues where we are going through trials to get GDB to work as best we can. So, your instincts might be right, but I wouldn't know the answer for sure... -- Joel