Re: current namespace game plan

[Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@mvista.com>]

On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 07:36:22PM -0400, Andrew Cagney wrote:
> - eliminate all that symbol table memory mapping stuff
> (Just remembered that this, last time, went into limbo) I really think, 
> if symbol table reading is a problem, then better/cleaner solutions can 
> be found - thinking about it, changing an already long sequence:
> 	.c >gcc> .s >as> .o >ld> .out >gdb
> into an even longer:
> 	.c >gcc> .s >as> .o >ld> .out >gdb> .mmap >gdb
> is like putting ``good money in after bad''.  At present we're clinging 
> to it because it ``might be useful'' - just like so many of those 
> unfinished ``#if 0'' blocks ``might be useful'' ....   Time to wield the 
> axe?

I believe several people have said that Apple finished and uses this,
and that it is useful to them.  Which puts things in a different light.

> None of these are directly name-space related.  However, I think that 
> they help clear the deck so that you've a better foundation on which to 
> build namespaces.

But I don't see that most of these structural improvements are
necessary for the work David is doing...

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software                         Debian GNU/Linux Developer