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On Sat, Sep 28, 2002 at 02:25:59AM -0700, Paul N. Hilfinger wrote Thanks for answering these Paul. :) > > It looks to me as if the string cleanup stuff is distinct from the > > fixed instance stuff. These should be submitted as separate patches. > > They definitely are logically separate changes. Yeah, I'll split and resubmit and probably take the opportunity to include some more string cleanup stuff, rather than just the bits that ada-* reference... > > Should base_type use the tortoise-and-hare algorithm to detect cycles? > > An interesting suggestion. However, there is at least one existing > place where GDB doesn't bother. Compare with the following (non-Ada- I think it's worthwhile doing here, and if it works nicely it can be stolen for other places. My next revision of this patch will include this. > Umm. Interesting questions. As I recall, I had the impression that > a self-referencing range type COULD occur legitimately, but given that was I think they can, but my current understanding of the gdb type system probably bears some resemblence to swiss cheese. ;) I'll experiment a bit with trying to create one and see what I can find. > 4 years ago, my memory could be faulty. I suspect these tests were simply > bullet-(or segfault)-proofing. Replacing the NULL check at least with > an error would probably be a worthy experiment. Sounds like a plan. - Aidan -- aidan@velvet.net http://www.velvet.net/~aidan/ aim:aidans42 http://www.livejournal.com/users/aidan_skinner/ finger for pgp key: 01AA 1594 2DB0 09E3 B850 C2D0 9A2C 4CC9 3EC4 75E1
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