From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 2697 invoked by alias); 1 Feb 2012 16:03:04 -0000 Received: (qmail 2657 invoked by uid 22791); 1 Feb 2012 16:03:02 -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; Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:02:50 +0000 Received: from int-mx02.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx02.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.12]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id q11G2nJc012328 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Wed, 1 Feb 2012 11:02:49 -0500 Received: from ns3.rdu.redhat.com (ns3.rdu.redhat.com [10.11.255.199]) by int-mx02.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id q11G2mxD017594; Wed, 1 Feb 2012 11:02:48 -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 q11G2k1V026491; Wed, 1 Feb 2012 11:02:47 -0500 From: Tom Tromey To: Phil Muldoon Cc: Doug Evans , gdb-patches@sourceware.org Subject: Re: RFA: fix PR python/13351 References: <4F29275E.2070403@redhat.com> Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:03:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: <4F29275E.2070403@redhat.com> (Phil Muldoon's message of "Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:51:58 +0000") 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: 2012-02/txt/msg00014.txt.bz2 >>>>> "Phil" == Phil Muldoon writes: Phil> I agree that two APIs for the same functionality are a pain. However Phil> we have to keep them for backwards compatibility. Phil> However, can we not deprecated and even gut lookup_global_symbol to Phil> call lookup_symbol with a frame? I think the two aren't really equivalent; lookup_symbol_in_language calls demangle_for_lookup, but lookup_symbol_global does not. Tom