C++ demangler horrors

[Phil Edwards]

On Fri, Jun 27, 2003 at 05:56:41PM -0400, Nathanael Nerode wrote:
> 
> Actually, this might all be possible in a straightforward way after I 
> move bootstrap to the top level (which I'm working on).

Okay, problem solved then.  :-)


> Here's a proposal.  You want to use a C++ demangler written in C++ and 
> depending on a C++ library in binutils and gdb?  Then require a 
> preexisting, installed C++ compiler in order to build binutils and gdb.  

Sounds good to me.  It's not like there aren't precompiled binaries around.

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