From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 18502 invoked by alias); 11 Jul 2007 19:59:28 -0000 Received: (qmail 18494 invoked by uid 22791); 11 Jul 2007 19:59:28 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from exprod8og56.obsmtp.com (HELO exprod8og56.obsmtp.com) (64.18.3.94) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with SMTP; Wed, 11 Jul 2007 19:59:24 +0000 Received: from source ([12.110.134.31]) by exprod8ob56.obsmtp.com ([64.18.7.12]) with SMTP; Wed, 11 Jul 2007 12:57:37 PDT Received: from pkoning-laptop.equallogic.com.equallogic.com ([172.25.202.120]) by M31.equallogic.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Wed, 11 Jul 2007 15:57:31 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <18069.13868.365370.13474@pkoning-laptop.equallogic.com> Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 19:59:00 -0000 From: Paul Koning To: bauerman@br.ibm.com Cc: gary@intrepid.com, gdb@sourceware.org Subject: RE: GDB in C++ References: <00b601c7bda5$a5e6fa60$0a0a0a0a@DELORIAN> <1184183253.5515.51.camel@localhost.localdomain> X-Mailer: VM 7.17 under 21.4 (patch 19) "Constant Variable" XEmacs Lucid 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/msg00098.txt.bz2 >>>>> "Thiago" == Thiago Jung Bauermann writes: Thiago> On Tue, 2007-07-03 at 12:09 -0700, Gary Funck wrote: >> If C++ isn't the answer, and keeping all of GDB in "C" is a fixed >> point, what changes would the developers recommend that would >> offer similar (perceived) improvements in understandability and >> extensibility? Thiago> Speaking as a newcomer who's trying to grasp GDB code, I Thiago> think you made very good points. IMHO having reasonable Thiago> internals documentation is a very good way to give an Thiago> overview of GDB's organization and pitfalls. Yes. Thiago> If GDB Internal's contents was transferred to the GDB wiki, Thiago> maybe people would feel more compelled to update and expand Thiago> it. I know I would try to contribute to it as I learn new Thiago> stuff. Excellent suggestion! paul