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Re: [RFA] testsuite/gdb.c++/derivation.exp: use 'runto' library function
- To: Michael Elizabeth Chastain <chastain at cygnus dot com>
- Subject: Re: [RFA] testsuite/gdb.c++/derivation.exp: use 'runto' library function
- From: Michael Snyder <msnyder at cygnus dot com>
- Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 11:40:49 -0800
- CC: gdb-patches at sources dot redhat dot com
- Organization: Red Hat
- References: <200103121005.CAA00765@bosch.cygnus.com>
Michael Elizabeth Chastain wrote:
>
> This is Sunday Project Patch #7.
>
> This patch changes gdb.c++/derivation.exp to use the library function
> 'runto' to reach a marker function. This simplifies the file. The real
> benefit is that 'runto' accommodates an unrelated bug in gdb (PR gdb/34,
> "g++ v3 functions show as "inheritance2() ()""). This enables the
> keep its synchronization and do its job testing C++.
Michael, that would be a good thing, but does this mean that we will
now have no tests that will detect the v3 bug?
Maybe we should add one, somewhere (if not in this file),
so that that bug cannot slip thru the cracks?