From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 24685 invoked by alias); 3 Jul 2007 03:49:14 -0000 Received: (qmail 24675 invoked by uid 22791); 3 Jul 2007 03:49:14 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from smtpout1b.BAYAREA.NET (HELO smtpout1.bayarea.net) (209.128.100.196) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Tue, 03 Jul 2007 03:49:11 +0000 Received: from myaccount.bayarea.net (myaccount.bayarea.net [209.128.116.10]) by smtpout1.bayarea.net (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l633ml9R005605; Mon, 2 Jul 2007 20:48:47 -0700 Received: from myaccount.bayarea.net (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by myaccount.bayarea.net (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id l633jBm8020806; Mon, 2 Jul 2007 20:45:11 -0700 Received: (from apache@localhost) by myaccount.bayarea.net (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id l633jAsT020805; Mon, 2 Jul 2007 20:45:10 -0700 Received: from adsl-070-147-160-035.sip.aby.bellsouth.net (adsl-070-147-160-035.sip.aby.bellsouth.net [70.147.160.35]) by myaccount.bayarea.net (IMP) with HTTP for ; Mon, 2 Jul 2007 20:45:10 -0700 Message-ID: <1183434310.4689c646a3bd2@myaccount.bayarea.net> Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2007 03:49:00 -0000 From: Michael Eager To: Joel Brobecker Cc: gdb@sourceware.org Subject: Re: GDB in C++ References: <46866F20.2010902@eagercon.com> <20070701205355.GC24316@caradoc.them.org> <20070702013529.GC6627@adacore.com> In-Reply-To: <20070702013529.GC6627@adacore.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) 3.2.5 X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2007-07/txt/msg00026.txt.bz2 Quoting Joel Brobecker : > > I'm in favor of switching to C++. I'm not going to argue about it if > > others disagree, but I'll offer to do most of the work if the > > consensus is positive. > > I am against this change. I'm not going to argue either, because there > are some technical merits on both sides, and they have been discussed > to death. > > However, I think that requiring a C++ compiler will make it harder > for some users to build GDB, just because C++ compilers are not > always as readily available as C compilers. What currently supported hosts do not have a C++ compiler? I think that this may have been a valid concern several years ago, but I think the lack of C++ compilers is no longer the case. -- Michael Eager eager@eagercon.com 1960 Park Blvd., Palo Alto, CA 94306 650-325-8077