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From: Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
To: Abhijit Halder <abhijit.k.halder@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: GDB plugin
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>>>>> "Abhijit" == Abhijit Halder <abhijit.k.halder@gmail.com> writes:

Abhijit> Is there any way to load a GDB plugin (shared library having extended
Abhijit> functionality) in current GDB? I am planning to develop one. Need
Abhijit> yours opinion on this.

There is a little bit of this for the JIT functionality.

Generic plugins are trouble because they tend to fix the API -- but we
want to be able to change the API as needed.  The JIT approach avoided
this by exporting a custom, minimal API.

What exactly are you planning to do?

Tom