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Re: PATCH: Support the new demangler written in C++
On Jul 10, 2003, Gabriel Dos Reis <gdr@integrable-solutions.net> wrote:
> Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@redhat.com> writes:
> | GDB is written in C, not C++.
> That is not under dispute.
> | it would still have dependencies on the C++
> | compilers' run-time.
> Yes, but that is also the case for any non-trivial C program.
But GDB already has dependencies on the C run-time, since it's written
in C. Bringing a C++ component disguised as a C component would
introduce a new dependency on it. This is the issue under debate
here. And, come to think of it, this is not the best forum to debate
GDB and binutils issues :-)
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