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Re: PATCH: Support the new demangler written in C++
On Jul 9, 2003, Gabriel Dos Reis <gdr@integrable-solutions.net> wrote:
> Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@redhat.com> writes:
> | On Jul 8, 2003, Gabriel Dos Reis <gdr@integrable-solutions.net> wrote:
> |
> | > 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.
> |
> | Huh? libiberty is part of GDB. If there's a fixed C demangler, it'll
> | always be used, so I don't see your point.
> The point is about the availability of a C++ compiler.
GDB is written in C, not C++. If libiberty got any C++ code, even if
such code was offered with a C-only interface, depending on the C++
compiler used to build it, it would still have dependencies on the C++
compilers' run-time. This may be a problem.
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