Re: [commit/java] Work around java/1565 in jmisc.exp

[Andrew Cagney <cagney@gnu.org>]

> On Tue, Feb 24, 2004 at 11:12:11AM -0500, Andrew Cagney wrote:
> 
>>> Hello,
>>> 
>>> This patch modifies jmisc.exp to work around the very very long standing 
>>> bug java/1565 (just that no one thought to report it?).  I'll separatly 
>>> follow up with a testcase for just that bug.
> 
> 
> FYI, about that bug:

FYI:

 > GCC's debug info is screwy;

FYI, http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6587

 > we need to strip arguments and parentheses from DW_AT_name for 
language_java and then I
> expect it will start working.

FYI, a hack stripping that stuff didn't appear to make it work, and 
doesn't fix the underlying problem of corrupt debug info.  As with Ada, 
Java needs a better symbol search method.  What happened to that thread?

   I want to finish my current massacre of
> dwarf2read before I go playing with that, though - it's always been on
> a lower burner.

Um, you appear to be spreading yourself very very thin here :-(

Andrew