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Re: current namespace game plan
On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 07:36:22PM -0400, Andrew Cagney wrote:
> - eliminate all that symbol table memory mapping stuff
> (Just remembered that this, last time, went into limbo) I really think,
> if symbol table reading is a problem, then better/cleaner solutions can
> be found - thinking about it, changing an already long sequence:
> .c >gcc> .s >as> .o >ld> .out >gdb
> into an even longer:
> .c >gcc> .s >as> .o >ld> .out >gdb> .mmap >gdb
> is like putting ``good money in after bad''. At present we're clinging
> to it because it ``might be useful'' - just like so many of those
> unfinished ``#if 0'' blocks ``might be useful'' .... Time to wield the
> axe?
I believe several people have said that Apple finished and uses this,
and that it is useful to them. Which puts things in a different light.
> None of these are directly name-space related. However, I think that
> they help clear the deck so that you've a better foundation on which to
> build namespaces.
But I don't see that most of these structural improvements are
necessary for the work David is doing...
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Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software Debian GNU/Linux Developer