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Re: [PATCH 13/18] Add new "wtx" target.


>>>>> "Joel" == Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com> writes:

Joel> +  /* FIXME: brobecker/2007-08-31: The current event handling in GDB
Joel> +     doesn't really include support for exceptions.  For now, treat
Joel> +     this as an "unknown signal".  Later on, we might want to improve
Joel> +     a bit, and in particular display the exception value to the user.  */

What are "exceptions" in this context?

Joel> +  /* FIXME: The observer only passes the bpnum, which forces us
Joel> +     to do a reverse search for the associated breakpoint structure.
Joel> +     It is silly to have to do so when the observer had in fact
Joel> +     the breakpoint structure and had to dereference it in order to
Joel> +     pass the bpnum.  Propose that the observer be enhanced when
Joel> +     submitting this code to the FSF.  */

:-)

Volodya has a patch to make exactly this change.

Tom


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