Re: [patch/rfc] Generate observer.[hc]

[Andrew Cagney <cagney@gnu.org>]

>>> Date: Thu, 08 Apr 2004 17:09:34 -0400
>>> From: Andrew Cagney <cagney@gnu.org>
>>> 
>>> The attached adds the script observer.sh that can be used to generate:
>>> 	observer.h
>>> 	observer.ch (#included by observer.c)
>>> at build time using doc/observer.texi as the input.
> 
> 
> Sorry for the long delay.
> 
> The patch for observer.texi is approved, but let me play the Devil's
> advocate and ask what significant wins we gain from generating the
> source files from the Texinfo file, that justify maintaining the
> scripts which are required to support this machinery?

We first establish a one-stop shop for adding observers, and second 
eliminate the drudgery of churning out the C code needed to implement 
each observer.  (At a guess, we're going to end up with something 
between 10 and 20 observers).

Andrew