Re: MI: -file-list-exec-source-files

Nick Roberts
2006-06-04T00:04:26Z

> > > As you see, there are two entries for myproc.c and two entries for
> > > mytest.c, one with a NULL dirname, the other with a non-NULL dirname.
> >
> > Yes, I can see the duplicate entries
>
> But Eli's got a good point: the one with a NULL dirname is at best
> sub-optimal.

Can we just remove that one then?

> > > Sounds like we should implement duplicate removal from the UI lists?
> >
> > I'm not sure. It may take GDB longer to remove the duplicate entries than
> > it does for Emacs to read them. It would be best not to create them in the
> > first place, but maybe that's not easily done.
>
> There are two potential sources of duplication: bugs, e.g. in our
> processing of symbol vs. line information, and actual duplicate entries
> in the debug info. As Susan correctly noted, the duplicates are often
> legitimate and discarding them entirely would be bad.

OK, I didn't realise that. How do we distinguish between these and those
which aren't needed? Will the legitimate ones always have a non-NULL dirname

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