Re: [rfa:symtab] deprecate inside_entry_func

Daniel Jacobowitz
2003-11-01T00:42:34Z

On Fri, Oct 31, 2003 at 07:07:28PM -0500, Andrew Cagney wrote:
> Hello,
>
> This patch deprecates the function inside_entry_func. Per the new comments:
>
> + /* NOTE: cagney/2003-10-31: A very simple test, such as
> + get_frame_func == entry_point should be sufficient for
> + identifying a pc in the entry function. Does anyone know why it
> + wasn't sufficient and hence, why the very convoluted
> + "deprecated_inside_entry_func" is needed. */
> + /* NOTE: cagney/2003-10-31: An ABI and its crt0 code should define
> + and implement a clean frame termination. Not doing that is
> + really a bug in the ABI/crt0, and, hence, not a reason for
> + enabling the call to deprecated_inside_entry_func. */

If handling broken systems isn't the job of GDB, then I surely don't
know what is.

Do you have a reason for wanting to deprecate this function?

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Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software Debian GNU/Linux Developer