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Re: PATCH: Support the new demangler written in C++
- From: Gabriel Dos Reis <gdr at integrable-solutions dot net>
- To: Nathanael Nerode <neroden at twcny dot rr dot com>
- Cc: gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: 08 Jul 2003 09:56:16 +0200
- Subject: Re: PATCH: Support the new demangler written in C++
- Organization: Integrable Solutions
- References: <20030708035313.GA542@doctormoo>
Nathanael Nerode <neroden@twcny.rr.com> writes:
| It's not acceptable for GDB to magically build
| with the "good" demangler if there's a C++ compiler around and with
| the "bad" demangler if there isn't; can you imagine the confusing bug
| reports? "It works for me with the same snapshot." "Did you have a C++
| compiler in your environment?" Ick, ick, ick, ick, ick, ick, ick.
Arguments along the same lines can be made if the demangler were
written in C.
Which just demontrates a bad fate behind this whole bootstrapping
argument.
Sigh.
-- Gaby