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Re: [rfa] save space by using enum bitfields

From: Jim Blandy <jimb at redhat dot com>
To: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at mvista dot com>
Cc: Michael Snyder <msnyder at redhat dot com>,Michael Elizabeth Chastain <mec at shout dot net>, ezannoni at redhat dot com,gdb-patches at sources dot redhat dot com, ac131313 at redhat dot com
Date: 18 Aug 2003 16:48:48 -0500
Subject: Re: [rfa] save space by using enum bitfields
References: <200308180700.h7I70nAW028032@duracef.shout.net><3F413BF4.2070200@redhat.com> <20030818205645.GA5331@nevyn.them.org>

Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@mvista.com> writes:
> Well, I'd say that 20% off the size of struct symbol is pretty good. 
> It makes the idea of unifying our symbol tables to have only one kind
> of symbol much more practical.

Given that Michael C. says it only saves 0.6% when debugging GDB
itself, why do you say the size reductions are significant?

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