From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 2435 invoked by alias); 24 Feb 2003 15:49:22 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sources.redhat.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 2428 invoked from network); 24 Feb 2003 15:49:21 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO crack.them.org) (65.125.64.184) by 172.16.49.205 with SMTP; 24 Feb 2003 15:49:21 -0000 Received: from nevyn.them.org ([66.93.61.169] ident=mail) by crack.them.org with asmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 18nMkA-0005Hk-00; Mon, 24 Feb 2003 11:50:23 -0600 Received: from drow by nevyn.them.org with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 18nKqo-0006ym-00; Mon, 24 Feb 2003 10:49:06 -0500 Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 15:49:00 -0000 From: Daniel Jacobowitz To: Andrew Cagney Cc: gdb@sources.redhat.com Subject: Re: ARI `asection' and `sec_ptr' Message-ID: <20030224154905.GA26783@nevyn.them.org> Mail-Followup-To: Andrew Cagney , gdb@sources.redhat.com References: <3E59BF0E.7020708@redhat.com> <20030224142459.GA24793@nevyn.them.org> <3E5A3550.7020700@redhat.com> <20030224151844.GA26127@nevyn.them.org> <3E5A3D85.7000908@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3E5A3D85.7000908@redhat.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i X-SW-Source: 2003-02/txt/msg00518.txt.bz2 On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 10:43:01AM -0500, Andrew Cagney wrote: > >GDB's preference is `struct sec' however, yes, BFD may have other > >>preferences. You'll note that I've already sent out a patch to clarify > >>the status of `struct _bfd'. > > > > > >Why is GDB's preference 'struct sec' > > Please read GDB's internal document. It says: Declarations like `struct foo *' should be used in preference to declarations like `typedef struct foo { ... } *foo_ptr'. I believe that to be a different issue; I'm not suggesting we use sec_ptr. -- Daniel Jacobowitz MontaVista Software Debian GNU/Linux Developer