Re: [PATCH 3/5] Add d_main_name to dlang.c

Tom Tromey
2014-01-09T18:18:24Z

>>>>> "Iain" == Iain Buclaw <ibuclaw@gdcproject.org> writes:

Iain> The main program in D is _Dmain (demangled as 'D main') not C 'main'.
Iain> So the logical entry point of the program should be set accordingly.

Iain> 2014-01-09 Iain Buclaw <ibuclaw@gdcproject.org>

Iain> * d-lang.h (d_main_name): Add declaration.
Iain> * d-lang.c (d_main_name): New function.
Iain> * symtab.c (find_main_name): Add call to d_main_name.

This is ok.

Iain> +static const char D_MAIN[] = "D main";

If D symbols routinely demangle to have spaces in them, then I think
your users may be in for some difficulties using gdb. Right now I think
linespecs have some hacks to let this work for C++, but I'm not sure how
readily they could be extended to the above.

If it is just the one symbol, then no big deal, there is quoting.

Tom