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From: Andrew Cagney <ac131313@cygnus.com>
To: twall@oculustech.com
Cc: gdb@sources.redhat.com
Subject: Re: packing/unpacking 4-octet longs
Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2001 10:49:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3C0E6C4B.7040102@cygnus.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3C0E6556.A5F9D5D6@oculustech.com>

> For the most part, I'm leaving lengths as octet lengths and adjusting them to target
> lengths if necessary at the last possible instant.  My remote server/stub will answer
> 1-octet requests with the LS octet of the character addressed, though this is not a
> recommended request, nor are 1-octet write requests.

I think doing this would be a bad move.  GDB shouldn't lie about how the 
target represents its data types.

Best example of this I can think of is with the MIPS.  GDB tried to lie 
and pretend that the MIPS didn't sign extended addresses.

enjoy,
Andrew



      reply	other threads:[~2001-12-05 18:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-12-04  5:44 Timothy Wall
2001-12-05  8:26 ` Andrew Cagney
2001-12-05  8:46   ` Richard Earnshaw
2001-12-05 10:11     ` Lars Brinkhoff
2001-12-05 10:42     ` Andrew Cagney
2001-12-06  2:03       ` Richard Earnshaw
2001-12-05  9:31   ` Timothy Wall
2001-12-05 10:03     ` Andrew Cagney
2001-12-05 10:20       ` Timothy Wall
2001-12-05 10:49         ` Andrew Cagney [this message]

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