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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Yao Qi <qiyaoltc@gmail.com>
Cc: phi.debian@gmail.com, gdb@sourceware.org
Subject: Re: Will GDB be rewritten in C++ (again)
Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2017 12:31:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <8360e3y0qc.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <86d18b3732.fsf@gmail.com> (message from Yao Qi on Fri, 04 Aug	2017 12:28:33 +0100)

> From: Yao Qi <qiyaoltc@gmail.com>
> Cc: "gdb\@sourceware.org" <gdb@sourceware.org>
> Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2017 12:28:33 +0100
> 
> Phi Debian <phi.debian@gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > Now I retrieved some bandwith and consider going back on GDB dev, but
> > still today I am reluctant with C++
> >
> > So my question is, does this rewrite of GDB in C++ has been shelved or
> > is is still going?
> 
> Phi,
> We don't _rewrite_ GDB in C++.

Actually, we do, AFAICT.  I've seen many patch series lately whose
main intent is to C++-ify the codebase.

> Most of the code is still written in C, and the code base isn't
> changed dramatically.

That depends on the definition of "dramatically".  I think changes are
quite significant.


  reply	other threads:[~2017-08-04 12:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-08-02 14:42 Phi Debian
2017-08-02 14:54 ` Joel Brobecker
2017-08-02 17:08   ` Phi Debian
2017-08-04 11:28 ` Yao Qi
2017-08-04 12:31   ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2017-08-05  8:00     ` Phi Debian

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