Re: [PATCH] [gdb] Create script to convert old tests into Dwarf::assemble calls.

[Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>]

>>>>> "Simon" == Simon Marchi <simark@simark.ca> writes:

>>> I'm not sure I would put it under testsuite/lib.  This directory
>>> contains stuff used by the tests themselves (expect code) of test
>>> programs.  Maybe right under testsuite?  There are already two Python
>>> utils there.

>> How about gdb/contrib?

Simon> I wouldn't expect to find things specific to the testsuite there.

I'd also suggest contrib:

It seems to me that running this program on the existing
pre-DWARF-assembler tests is a one-time thing: we convert them, remove
the old .s files, and move on.

However, the program can also be used (or modified so it can be...) to
convert other programs to DWARF assembler.  This will be useful when
writing new tests -- you can use it to generate a rough draft of the
test file.

In this case, contrib seems reasonable to me.


Another idea would be to make a new directory where we keep all the
maint-related Python code.  This would make it easier for us to reuse
code, have gdb-maint-specific modules for import & sharing, etc.

Tom