Re: [patch rfc] use typedef opaque type implementations

[Andrew Cagney <ac131313 at redhat dot com>]

> On Sun, Mar 02, 2003 at 11:46:31AM -0500, Andrew Cagney wrote:
>
> > This patch follows up an earlier thread that pointed out that GDB is 
> > pretty broken when it comes to debugging a program that contains 
> > multiple struct definitions (e.g., gdb).
> >
> > The attached patch implements the suggested `fix'.  Declare a file-local 
> > typedef and then use that.  I've applied it to the ui-out code.  A quick 
> > debug suggests that it works well.
> >
> > comments?  I'll table this for a week ...
> > Andrew
>
>
> I assume GDB handles this correctly - if not, it's a fixable bug in the
> debug readers, presumably.

My testing certainly appeared to work.

>  Looks like as elegant a solution as I could
> have asked for.


> Should we put something about this in the coding standards?

Hmm, more to do.  Fix the tdep case first though.

Andrew