Re: PATCH: error reading variable: value has been optimized out

[Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>]

>>>>> "Andrew" == Andrew Burgess <aburgess@broadcom.com> writes:

Tom> If it is just a theoretical problem I think we can just declare it
Tom> unsupported; and, if we do see it, try reporting it as a compiler bug
Tom> first.  After all, the compiler could just emit an empty piece instead.

Andrew> I'm happy to mark these tests as unsupported.  As the tests (#2
Andrew> -> #4) are pretty much zero cost given that I'm adding test #1
Andrew> anyway I'd like to leave them in.  I've created a new patch, the
Andrew> only change is that test #3 and #4 now report unsupported (with
Andrew> comment), and test #2 reports pass, with a comment to explain
Andrew> the reasoning.

Andrew> +	# If we ever fix gdb so this passes we should delete the
Andrew> +	# unsupported case below.
Andrew> +	xpass $test

Andrew> +	unsupported $test

I think these tests should 'pass' if they generate the correct output,
and 'kfail' otherwise.

Tom