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Re: [PATCH RFC] Character set support
Andrew Cagney <ac131313@ges.redhat.com> writes:
> > Andrew Cagney <ac131313@ges.redhat.com> writes:
> >
> >> I think it is also important to set the users expectations. If
> >> expressed right it may even encourage a reader to try to remove the
> >> restriction.
> > Okay, I see. I'll put together a doc patch for that once the
> > existing
> > stuff goes in.
>
> Why not get it done now? As with any other submittion, the objective
> is to get it (as far as praticaly) right the first time. That way we
> don't run the risk of having it slip through the cracks.
Kevin, I've committed the following paragraph to the Red Hat internal
sources:
Note that these are all single-byte character sets. More work inside
GDB is needed to support multi-byte or variable-width character
encodings, like the UTF-8 and UCS-2 encodings of Unicode.
Could you re-create the patch?