From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Andrew Cagney <ac131313@cygnus.com>
To: Jim Blandy <jimb@cygnus.com>
Cc: Michael Snyder <msnyder@cygnus.com>, gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com
Subject: Re: [RFC/RFA] gdb extension for Harvard architectures
Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2001 14:31:00 -0000
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X-SW-Source: 2001-10/msg00064.html

> 
> (This is a suggested enhancement to Michael's patch; I think it's a
> step forward as is.)

Jim, no one, so far, has disputed this.

> Instead of using bits, what if we added a new `const char *' field to
> `struct type'?  Its value would be a string indicating the name of the
> space qualifier applied to the type, or zero indicating the default.
> The set of permitted space names would be determined by the
> architecture, following some basic conventions (like `data' and
> `code').  There would be a gdbarch method like this:

What are the rules that apply when the user wishes to compare two such 
space strings?  strcmp() or ==?

	Andrew