On 01 Dec 2019 18:33, Павел Крюков wrote:
> 1 дек. 2019 г., в 17:46, Simon Marchi <simark@simark.ca> написал(а):
> > Is the sim built in C++ like GDB?  If so, maybe this function could return
> > an std::string, so there's no more concerns of allocating a static buffer
> > with sufficient space?
>
> No, simulators are built in C. Probably they may be switched to C++, but that would require more effort; plus, there may be external C simulators.

i've been thinking about the sim & C-vs-C++.  the only reason i
hesitate to go all in is that we provide libsim.a for people to
link the runtime into other programs, and providing a static lib
that requires C++ feels wrong.

gdb has the advantage that it doesn't provide a library interface.
maybe it should ...
-mike