Re: [RFC/RFA] gdb extension for Harvard architectures

Andrew Cagney
2001-10-10T11:17:00Z

> Andrew Cagney <ac131313@cygnus.com> writes:
>
>> With regard to a @data->@io pointer. That is probably wrong. Pointers,
>> which are typically implemented as address registers (not to be confused
>> with GDB's core addr), have a fixed size for a given address space.
>
>
> Not sure what you mean here. A value of type `@io foo *' is perfectly
> meaningful. Its size depends on characteristics of the I/O space.

What about ``@io int *@code''? The pointer's size is independant (well
at least for the moment) of the source address space. Hence the
attribute attached to the pointer (instead of pointee) adds nothing.

Andrew