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From: Yao Qi <yao@codesourcery.com>
To: Doug Evans <dje@google.com>
Cc: <gdb-patches@sourceware.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/5] s/struct process_info/struct inferior/
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2012 03:18:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4F6948A2.8000506@codesourcery.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CADPb22TSUqY8OrPh61PHPoEA0PyZzmTB2CqMSxpT_WUH+obwmw@mail.gmail.com>

On 03/21/2012 12:28 AM, Doug Evans wrote:
> One thought that comes to mind is that if this renaming is good, then
> it's incomplete: rename current_process to current_inferior, and make
> similar changes throughout gdb.  E.g., don't just change "struct
> process_info *process" to "struct inferior *process", change it to
> "struct inferior *inferior".
> Another example: rename linux_add_process to linux_add_inferior.
> [I realize it's more work, but to me the patch leaves gdb in a
> half-changed state otherwise.]

Agreed.  If this change is a right way to go, I'll complete the left
renaming.  I was not sure about people's thoughts on this change, so
sent a half-baked patch first.

-- 
Yao (齐尧)


  parent reply	other threads:[~2012-03-21  3:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-03-16 15:01 [PATCH 0/5] Preparatory patches for ITSET in GDBserver Yao Qi
2012-03-16 15:01 ` [PATCH 3/5] s/struct process_info/struct inferior/ Yao Qi
2012-03-20 16:28   ` Doug Evans
2012-03-20 17:55     ` Pedro Alves
2012-03-20 21:31       ` Doug Evans
2012-03-21  4:27       ` Yao Qi
2012-03-21  3:18     ` Yao Qi [this message]
2012-03-16 15:01 ` [PATCH 1/5] Define target_core_of_thread in gdbserver Yao Qi
2012-03-16 15:01 ` [PATCH 4/5] move server.h to inferior.h Yao Qi
2012-04-13 17:37   ` Tom Tromey
2012-03-16 15:02 ` [PATCH 2/5] Move vec to common/ Yao Qi
2012-03-16 15:02 ` [PATCH 5/5] move server.h to gdbthread.h Yao Qi
2012-04-13 17:43   ` Tom Tromey
2012-04-19  4:35     ` Yao Qi
2012-04-29  6:46       ` [committed]: " Yao Qi

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