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Re: Nother little one, this time in varobj.c
- From: Keith Seitz <keiths at redhat dot com>
- To: Jim Ingham <jingham at apple dot com>
- Cc: <gdb-patches at sources dot redhat dot com>
- Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2002 23:37:18 -0700 (PDT)
- Subject: Re: Nother little one, this time in varobj.c
On Tue, 9 Apr 2002, Jim Ingham wrote:
> BTW, I am not sure why it is necessary to call reinit_frame_cache here.
> Keith, do you remember why this was necessary? It is inefficient,
> especially if you are evaluating a bunch of variables that are fairly
> high up on the stack. But since I don't remember why this was done, I
> am reluctant to just change it outright...
I haven't a clue, actually. When I originally wrote varobj for Insight, it
did not allow varobjs to change frames dynamically, as it does now.
Presumably, this was all added at the same time. (Or I've forgotten all
about it...)
Keith