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Re: RFC: gdbglobals.[ch]
Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>
> > Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 14:37:26 +0000
> > From: Fernando Nasser <fnasser@cygnus.com>
> >
> > > > /* Obtain the current value of a global. */
> > > >
> > > > extern gdb_global_rc
> > > > gdb_global_get_value (gdb_global_handle global, char **cur_val);
> > >
> > > Shouldn't the last argument be a "void **"?
> >
> > I initially defined it as a void ** but then I realized out set/show
> > facility and the commands.h stuff use char **.
> >
> > To minimize the conversion effort I thought of keeping it like it is now.
> >
> > I wonder if this was not done this way due to some compatibility problem.
> > Maybe the reason no longer exists anyway.
>
> I suspect that was to pacify non-ANSI/non-ISO compilers. Since we
> don't support those anymore, I'd suggest to use void **. I'm afraid
> that a good ANSI compiler, and with the warning options we now use by
> default, will bitch at char **.
OK, I will change that in the final version.
Thanks.
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