Re: [PATCH] Start abstraction of C++ abi's

Michael Snyder
2001-02-19T15:13:00Z

Daniel Berlin wrote:
>
> Andrew Cagney <ac131313@cygnus.com> writes:
>
> > Daniel Berlin wrote:
> > >
> > > This patch, plus the attached files, start the abstraction of the C++
> > > ABI's.
> > >
> > > I've started by replacing the simple things, and will incrementally
> > > replace the more complex things, and the things that require real code
> > > changes, as time goes on.
> > >
> > > The cp-abi directory, and it's files, are attached in a gzipped tar file.
> >
> > FYI,
> >
> > Moving stuff into a sub directory is a significant change and should
> > really be discussed separatly - at present the only think in sub
> > directories are UIs. I tend to recommend leaving such cosmetic changes
> > as a latter pass.
>
> It's not moving stuff into a subdir, as it didn't exist before. I'm
> creating it in a subdir. Why is it necessary to have a long discussion
> about creating a directory for a bunch of related files?

Because it's a departure. Except for certain specific targets in the
distant past, it hasn't been done much. If we're gonna start doing
it regularly, it's worth discussion. It might require additional
configury. It might impact the way people work. People might like
seeing all of gdb spread out in a single directory instead of in a tree.