From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: jtc@redback.com (J.T. Conklin)
To: Michael Snyder <msnyder@cygnus.com>
Cc: Daniel Berlin <dberlin@redhat.com>, Michael Elizabeth Chastain <chastain@cygnus.com>, gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] New C++ abstraction patch
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 14:24:00 -0000
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X-SW-Source: 2001-02/msg00433.html

>>>>> "Michael" == Michael Snyder <msnyder@cygnus.com> writes:
Michael> When you speak of a speed hit, are you speaking of
Michael> symbol-file-load time, or expression evaluation time?  I
Michael> think expression evaluation is far less important to optimize
Michael> for speed than symbol loading.  Lots of people complain about
Michael> the time gdb takes to start up on a new symbol file, while
Michael> very few (that I'm aware of) complain about the performance
Michael> during expression evaluation.

Note that expression evaluation time isn't usually an issue for
interactive use, but it becomes an issue in user defined functions
that grovel around complicated data structures, etc.

        --jtc

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