From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 32072 invoked by alias); 28 Jul 2004 22:47:20 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sources.redhat.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 32065 invoked from network); 28 Jul 2004 22:47:19 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mx1.redhat.com) (66.187.233.31) by sourceware.org with SMTP; 28 Jul 2004 22:47:19 -0000 Received: from int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.254]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i6SMlJe1016449 for ; Wed, 28 Jul 2004 18:47:19 -0400 Received: from zenia.home.redhat.com (porkchop.devel.redhat.com [172.16.58.2]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id i6SMlHa30269; Wed, 28 Jul 2004 18:47:18 -0400 To: Andrew Cagney Cc: gdb@sources.redhat.com Subject: Re: Remaining builtin_types (potential flag day) References: <4107CCED.3040900@gnu.org> From: Jim Blandy Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 23:09:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: <4107CCED.3040900@gnu.org> Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-SW-Source: 2004-07/txt/msg00356.txt.bz2 Andrew Cagney writes: > There are currently ~1400 occurances of /builtin_type_/ in GDB's > source. While some are ok (builtin_type_ieee...*) many are not > (typically needing a conversion to builtin_type()). > > For the moment we can let these remaining uses be migrated > incrementally (chance has it someone will find an interface change > (1)). However, eventually, well have to change all remaining > references. Given their magnitude, this suggests a "Flag Day". By 'flag day', you mean one day in which all references are changed, and the old definitions are deleted?