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Re: [RFA] Remove pre_expand_symtabs_matching quick_symbol_functions API
- From: Pedro Alves <palves at redhat dot com>
- To: Tom Tromey <tromey at redhat dot com>
- Cc: Doug Evans <dje at google dot com>, gdb-patches at sourceware dot org, ccoutant at google dot com, saugustine at google dot com
- Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2013 09:47:59 +0000
- Subject: Re: [RFA] Remove pre_expand_symtabs_matching quick_symbol_functions API
- References: <yjt2obhnfiwq.fsf@ruffy2.mtv.corp.google.com> <87txqz7gu7.fsf@fleche.redhat.com>
On 01/02/2013 03:19 PM, Tom Tromey wrote:
>>>>>> "Doug" == Doug Evans <dje@google.com> writes:
>
> Doug> The .gdb_index generated by gold doesn't do the optimization that
> Doug> gdb does, namely collapsing common entries into one.
>
> I wonder how much bigger that makes the indices.
>
> Doug> Ok to check in?
> Doug> [Or am I missing something ...]
>
> I think the pre-expansion approach was needed before attributes were
> added to the index entries, but you'd have to dig up the original email
> messages to be sure.
Do we still support those index versions? If so, do we need
to make this conditional?
>
> This approach seems reasonable to me.
>
> Tom
>
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Pedro Alves