From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 7802 invoked by alias); 1 Sep 2010 22:37:44 -0000 Received: (qmail 7785 invoked by uid 22791); 1 Sep 2010 22:37:43 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-6.1 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 Sep 2010 22:37:38 +0000 Received: from int-mx08.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx08.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.21]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id o81MbZDs008810 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Wed, 1 Sep 2010 18:37:35 -0400 Received: from ns3.rdu.redhat.com (ns3.rdu.redhat.com [10.11.255.199]) by int-mx08.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id o81MbZ53032615; Wed, 1 Sep 2010 18:37:35 -0400 Received: from opsy.redhat.com (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 o81MbYkQ007661; Wed, 1 Sep 2010 18:37:34 -0400 Received: by opsy.redhat.com (Postfix, from userid 500) id 2C030379677; Wed, 1 Sep 2010 16:37:34 -0600 (MDT) From: Tom Tromey To: Eli Zaretskii Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org Subject: Re: RFA: fix PR python/11792 References: <83sk1wj6tq.fsf@gnu.org> <83pqwzkeyi.fsf@gnu.org> Date: Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:01:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: <83pqwzkeyi.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Mon, 30 Aug 2010 23:44:53 +0300") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii 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: 2010-09/txt/msg00070.txt.bz2 >>>>> "Eli" == Eli Zaretskii writes: Tom> The current language doesn't matter; all that matters is whether the Tom> object has the needed run-time type information. Eli> Then IMO the text should be rephrased, because it currently sounds Eli> like this feature needs C++. Perhaps use C++ just "for example" or Eli> something. I think that would be more confusing. The information needed is specifically that emitted by the C++ compiler, following the relevant C++ ABI. "For example" makes it sound as though other kinds of run-time type information might be used -- but that is not the case. I think the text is reasonably clear as it is now. Tom