Re: Two observations using GDB 13 snapshot

Tom Tromey
2023-01-06T20:55:50Z

Eli> Thanks, I applied that patch (modulo the testsuite parts), and I can
Eli> confirm that it is almost as fast as the simple one I posted before:
Eli> 7.5 sec vs 6.2 sec to read the symbols from gdb.exe.

Thank. you

Eli> However, what does this change mean in terms of GDB's support for
Eli> symbols with non-ASCII names? AFAIU, libiberty's TOLOWER only handles
Eli> ASCII characters.

This scenario basically doesn't work anyway. We could make it work,
probably, but so far there hasn't been much pressure to do that.

Eli> If it's okay for GDB to compare case-insensitively only ASCII
Eli> characters, then is the above patch mature enough to go to the gdb-13
Eli> branch?

I'm going to put my series there soon-ish, either if someone reviews it,
or just on my own if not.

Tom