From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 3684 invoked by alias); 2 Jun 2012 11:15:16 -0000 Received: (qmail 3676 invoked by uid 22791); 2 Jun 2012 11:15:15 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-6.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,KHOP_RCVD_UNTRUST,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_W,SPF_HELO_PASS,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mx1.redhat.com (HELO mx1.redhat.com) (209.132.183.28) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Sat, 02 Jun 2012 11:14:59 +0000 Received: from int-mx02.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx02.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.12]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id q52BEuOX030816 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Sat, 2 Jun 2012 07:14:57 -0400 Received: from host2.jankratochvil.net (ovpn-116-47.ams2.redhat.com [10.36.116.47]) by int-mx02.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id q52BEqaS021108 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO); Sat, 2 Jun 2012 07:14:55 -0400 Date: Sat, 02 Jun 2012 11:15:00 -0000 From: Jan Kratochvil To: Russell Shaw Cc: gdb@sourceware.org Subject: Re: Will therefore GDB utilize C++ or not? Message-ID: <20120602111452.GA26444@host2.jankratochvil.net> References: <20120526155005.GA30091@host2.jankratochvil.net> <4FC9BA2F.7030202@netspace.net.au> <20120602071301.GA20548@host2.jankratochvil.net> <4FC9EF3A.8000701@netspace.net.au> <20120602111019.GA26265@host2.jankratochvil.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20120602111019.GA26265@host2.jankratochvil.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-IsSubscribed: yes 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: 2012-06/txt/msg00012.txt.bz2 On Sat, 02 Jun 2012 13:10:19 +0200, Jan Kratochvil wrote: > On Sat, 02 Jun 2012 12:47:22 +0200, Russell Shaw wrote: > > Wouldn't there be far more existing GDB contributors that would > > understand C++'ified gdb libraries, than C++ coders that know > > anything about the internals of gdb? > > It is a good question, my assumptions sure may be wrong. If not clear this is a question about how heavy usage of STL there should be. There is still worth C++ at least just the fixes of crashes from the GDB cleanups system. Regards, Jan