From: Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>
To: Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
Cc: xingxing pan <forandom@gmail.com>, gdb@sourceware.org
Subject: Re: Why isn't GDB designed and implemented by using Object-Oriented methodology?
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 16:37:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100616163732.GC2700@adacore.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20100616134202.GA32490@host0.dyn.jankratochvil.net>
> > When meeting so many structs and function pointer in the source codes,
> > dose anyone have the thought to redesign and implement GDB using
> > Object-Oriented methodology?
>
> See the last discussion:
> Move GDB to C++ ?
> http://sourceware.org/ml/gdb/2008-07/msg00077.html
> http://sourceware.org/ml/gdb/2008-08/msg00004.html
One can develop software using "Object Oriented *methodology*" without
using a language that implements classes. An object is, at its simplest,
data and methods. If you are using the term "methodology" to actually
mean "language", then indeed, as Jan points out, this is not a new
discussion. Despite my strong reservations about moving away from C,
I have no doubt in my mind that we will eventually be moving GDB
development to C++. But in the meantime, some parts of GDB already have
an OO aspect to them.
--
Joel
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-06-16 16:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-06-16 11:54 xingxing pan
2010-06-16 13:44 ` Jan Kratochvil
2010-06-16 16:37 ` Joel Brobecker [this message]
2010-06-17 7:43 ` Robert Dewar
2010-06-18 2:08 ` xingxing pan
2010-06-21 19:59 ` Tom Tromey
2010-06-16 17:10 ` Stan Shebs
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