Re: ARI `asection' and `sec_ptr'

[Andrew Cagney <ac131313@redhat.com>]

> On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 01:43:26AM -0500, Andrew Cagney wrote:
> 
>> Hello,
>> 
>> Assuming I'm reading the code right.  BFD has the declarations:
>> 
>> typedef struct sec
>> {
>>   ...
>> } asection;
>> typedef struct sec *sec_ptr;
>> 
>> GDB uses all three (sec_ptr, asection, struct sec) and that makes things 
>> pretty confusing.  Consequently, I've added asection and sec_ptr to the 
>> ARI.  Instead people can use `struct sec *' which is consistent with 
>> GDB's other types.
> 
> 
> Must you?  BFD makes a conscious effort to (almost always) use
> asection* in its interfaces.  If you want to reduce bfd.h includes,
> solve this one in BFD too.

Que?  Where, in the above did I mention #includes?  As I pointed out, 
GDB uses all three of these vis:

	asection *foo;
	sec_ptr foo;
	struct sec *foo;

so unless the developer happens to know this relationship, they can miss 
some vital relationships.

GDB's preference is `struct sec' however, yes, BFD may have other 
preferences.  You'll note that I've already sent out a patch to clarify 
the status of `struct _bfd'.

Andrew