From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 1869 invoked by alias); 11 Apr 2002 19:25:14 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sources.redhat.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 1860 invoked from network); 11 Apr 2002 19:25:11 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO odin.inter.net.il) (192.114.186.10) by sources.redhat.com with SMTP; 11 Apr 2002 19:25:11 -0000 Received: from zaretsky (diup-219-158.inter.net.il [213.8.219.158]) by odin.inter.net.il (Mirapoint Messaging Server MOS 2.9.3.2) with ESMTP id AAY89213; Thu, 11 Apr 2002 22:24:59 +0300 (IDT) Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 12:25:00 -0000 From: "Eli Zaretskii" To: jingham@apple.com Message-Id: <8296-Thu11Apr2002222005+0300-eliz@is.elta.co.il> CC: drow@mvista.com, gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com In-reply-to: (message from Jim Ingham on Wed, 10 Apr 2002 11:14:13 -0700) Subject: Re: add set cp-abi command Reply-to: Eli Zaretskii References: X-SW-Source: 2002-04/txt/msg00424.txt.bz2 > Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 11:14:13 -0700 > From: Jim Ingham > > > Please explain in a few words what "ABI" means; I don't think Joe Random > > C++ User will necessarily know that. A list of possible values one can > > use (in addition to "auto") is also something the manual should have. > > I not sure I agree with this. First off, this "set" section doesn't > explain what other similarly obscure terms mean (like "set vtable"). > These are expert features, so if you need them presumably you know what > they are. Nevertheless, I think it doesn't hurt to say something like this: Set the C@t{++} @dfn{ABI} (Application Binary Interface) that @value{GDBN} will use to decode C@t{++} objects. > Also, the available types are dynamically generated. Does it mean we don't know at least some of the possible values in advance? I'd be surprised.