Re: [RFA]: Remote protocol symbol lookup service.

[Michael Snyder <msnyder at cygnus dot com>]

Andrew Cagney wrote:
> 
> > Michael Snyder wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Andrew,
> >>
> >> I've changed the initial message from "Q" to "q" as you suggested, and
> >> I've hexified the filenames and symbol names, so that they are not
> >> vulnerable to embedded special characters.  If you have a name for the
> >> initial message that you would prefer over "qSharedObject", I'm open
> >> to suggestions.
> 
> The best I can think of is ``qSymbol:'' - an initial empty symbol to get
> things started.

Ok.
 
> As with the other packets, it will need the ``set remote XXXX-packet
> enable/disable'' command and logic to detect when it was simply ignored.
>   If it was ignored ("" vs "OK"), it shouldn't be retried.

Ok.
 
> Could I also suggest moving the code doing the work in:
> 
> > + /* Function to be called whenever a new objfile (shlib) is detected. */
> > + static void
> > + remote_new_objfile (struct objfile *objfile)
> 
> to a separate function and adding a call to it from remote_open_*().  As
> far as I know, that will cover all cases

Ok.

> Don't forget the doco.

Ok.