Merge cpplib and front end hashtables, part 1

[Mark Mitchell]

>>>>> "Daniel" == Daniel Berlin <dan@cgsoftware.com> writes:

    Daniel> It would be less work to write a good macro expander then
    Daniel> it would to do the above.
 
GDB is beyond my purview.  None-the-less, I'll horn in with my
opinion. :-)

One of the biggest mistakes that we can make with free software is to
build the same thing over again.  Perhaps the largest practical
advantage of free software vis a vis proprietary software is that free
software developers can share their efforts easily, whereas
proprietary vendors are often forced to reinvent the wheel.  

It is, in my opinion, a mistake for the GNU Project to have two C
macro expanders.  Even it is more work in the short-term, there will
be significant long-term wins from investing whatever effort is
necessary in GDB and/or cpplib to make the two work together. 

I would urge the GDB people postpone macro expansion, cool though it
would be, if there isn't sufficiently much effort available to
incorporate cpplib.

My two cents,

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