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Re: structures & param_structures in gengtype
- From: Laurynas Biveinis <laurynas dot biveinis at gmail dot com>
- To: basile at starynkevitch dot net
- Cc: dnovillo at google dot com, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2010 06:36:48 +0300
- Subject: Re: structures & param_structures in gengtype
- References: <1283450756.29386.32.camel@glinka>
2010/9/2 Basile Starynkevitch <basile@starynkevitch.net>:
> Hello Laurynas, Diego & all the list.
>
> A precise question about gengtype (the current trunk one)
>
> I have the impression that every member of the 'param_structs' variable
> in gengtype.c (viewed as a linked list of types linked thru their next
> field) is also a member of the 'structures' variable in gengtype.c
>
> Could you confirm that impression?
That's my recollection too.
> Bonus question, why?
IIRC, the shared data structures are created once, and just have
incoming pointers from both these two variables. IMHO that's
intuitive. Somebody else might have a better explanation, and if they
do, bonus points for you if you turn it into a comment inside
gengtype.c ;)
--
Laurynas