From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 8950 invoked by alias); 2 Jul 2007 01:33:23 -0000 Received: (qmail 8940 invoked by uid 22791); 2 Jul 2007 01:33:22 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from rock.gnat.com (HELO rock.gnat.com) (205.232.38.15) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Mon, 02 Jul 2007 01:33:20 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by filtered-rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18DB62A9C41 for ; Sun, 1 Jul 2007 21:33:19 -0400 (EDT) Received: from rock.gnat.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (rock.gnat.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 5mSU0vhggRQ6 for ; Sun, 1 Jul 2007 21:33:19 -0400 (EDT) Received: from joel.gnat.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D722C2A9C21 for ; Sun, 1 Jul 2007 21:33:18 -0400 (EDT) Received: by joel.gnat.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 522E0E7B54; Sun, 1 Jul 2007 18:35:29 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2007 01:33:00 -0000 From: Joel Brobecker To: gdb@sourceware.org Subject: Re: GDB in C++ Message-ID: <20070702013529.GC6627@adacore.com> References: <46866F20.2010902@eagercon.com> <20070701205355.GC24316@caradoc.them.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070701205355.GC24316@caradoc.them.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i 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/msg00006.txt.bz2 > 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. (like Daniel, end of discussion for me - we've already argued on this) -- Joel