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Re: gdbtypes.h #defined field accessors
- From: Jan Kratochvil <jan dot kratochvil at redhat dot com>
- To: Tom Tromey <tromey at redhat dot com>, Joel Brobecker <brobecker at adacore dot com>
- Cc: gdb at sourceware dot org
- Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 01:15:36 +0200
- Subject: Re: gdbtypes.h #defined field accessors
On Mon, 28 Jun 2010 22:37:47 +0200, Tom Tromey wrote:
> Though FWIW, little of the GDB work I've done seems amenable to automation,
> even the grungy add-an-argument-to-val_print stuff :-(
I have to agree...
> I tend to stick with the style of a given module.
>
> In new code I don't generally write accessors.
OK.
On Mon, 28 Jun 2010 22:57:01 +0200, Joel Brobecker wrote:
> > In new code I don't generally write accessors.
>
> I don't know if this is relevant to this particular discussion, but
> I tend to like opaque structures and accessors (setter/getter) functions,
> and I try to use that when writing new code.
While it is not relevant to your "new code" note this is what I miss on the
GDB accessors - they would be (more) useful separated into getters/setters.
It would easily enable providing various currently constant fields as dynamic
DWARF blocks.
Thanks,
Jan