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Re: [RFA] bug in symtab.c:lookup_block_symbol()'s search method

> Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 10:53:35 -0400
> From: Andrew Cagney <ac131313@cygnus.com>
> 
> >> IMNSHO gdb 5.1 can not be released with the symbol binary search
> >> lookup broken as it has been for the last year.
> > 
> > Broken?
> > You mean slower.
> > It works *correctly*, just not as *efficiently* as it could.
> > Big difference.
> 
> gdb is measured against many criteria, one is performance.  if gdb's 
> performance drops, gdb has regressed.  some would describe it as broken.

Some would describe this a broken, but most reasonable people
(including you, Andrew ;-) probably won't.

I agree with Dan here: I don't think this specific issue can be a
valid reason for saying that GDB is ``broken'' and that ``gdb 5.1 can
not be released'' in its current shape.
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