From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 7185 invoked by alias); 12 Jan 2012 21:22:23 -0000 Received: (qmail 7177 invoked by uid 22791); 12 Jan 2012 21:22:22 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-7.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,SPF_HELO_PASS,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mx1.redhat.com (HELO mx1.redhat.com) (209.132.183.28) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:22:05 +0000 Received: from int-mx11.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx11.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.24]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id q0CLM48l028691 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:22:04 -0500 Received: from ns3.rdu.redhat.com (ns3.rdu.redhat.com [10.11.255.199]) by int-mx11.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id q0CLM4Dr001291; Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:22:04 -0500 Received: from barimba (ovpn01.gateway.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.9.1]) by ns3.rdu.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id q0CLLjkv017533; Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:21:52 -0500 From: Tom Tromey To: Keith Seitz Cc: "gp \>\> \"gdb-patches\@sourceware.org ml\"" Subject: Re: [RFA] Updated path expression computations for varobj trees References: <4EEBCC7D.4020103@redhat.com> <4EF0CA0F.20306@redhat.com> <4F060266.4070409@redhat.com> Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:30:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: <4F060266.4070409@redhat.com> (Keith Seitz's message of "Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:04:54 -0800") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.92 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2012-01/txt/msg00432.txt.bz2 >>>>> "Keith" == Keith Seitz writes: Keith> In other words, we assume that the construct is a compound type unless Keith> the child's name begins with "*", which means the parent must be a Keith> pointer. Keith> We may encounter difficulties with this, too, mind you, but I believe Keith> this is a cheaper and easier condition to deal with than the regexp. Me too. If the issue is typedefs, we also have the option of requiring a certain naming convention for code using this part of the test suite. Keith> What do you think? It is fine by me. Tom