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Re: [patch, testsuite] check for UTF-32 target wide charset support in gdb.base/wchar.exp


On 09/18/2015 05:47 AM, Doug Evans wrote:

> The question I have is what's the intent behind PHONY_ICONV?
> [The fact that it apparently tries to provide some minimal wide char
> support but defines GDB_DEFAULT_TARGET_WIDE_CHARSET as "ISO-8859-1"
> seems like a bug to me.]
> 
> Is it intended that it provide some minimal wide char support?

I recall the feature being submitted and the follow up Solaris fixes,
but I wasn't the one doing the work, so I'm not 100% sure of anything,
but I believe the intention is to punt on wide char support with the least
extra code possible.  That seems to be what the original submission
suggests as well:

 https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2009-01/msg00533.html
 https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2009-03/msg00420.html

along with the comments in mails around the follow up Solaris fixes:

 https://www.sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2010-08/msg00339.html

Thanks,
Pedro Alves


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