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From: Andrew Cagney <ac131313@ges.redhat.com>
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Subject: Viewing the symbol table as a database?
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Hello,

Should core GDB view the symbol table as a database.  That way the 
internals are really abstracted.

For instance, instead of pc->block->nametab->symbol, just do:
	lookup_symbol (symtab, pc, "name");

Disclaimer: this isn't my idea but I think it is good.  It will let the 
data structures scale beyond currend address space limitations.

Andrew