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[Bug translator/6847] $$parms/$$vars should be $$* or $$%parms/$$%vars
- From: "mhiramat at redhat dot com" <sourceware-bugzilla at sourceware dot org>
- To: systemtap at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: 18 Aug 2008 15:12:25 -0000
- Subject: [Bug translator/6847] $$parms/$$vars should be $$* or $$%parms/$$%vars
- References: <20080817132854.6847.mhiramat@redhat.com>
- Reply-to: sourceware-bugzilla at sourceware dot org
------- Additional Comments From mhiramat at redhat dot com 2008-08-18 15:12 -------
(In reply to comment #4)
> One obstacle in this scheme's way is that there are material
> differences betewen the various metavariables ($$return,
> $$vars, $$parms, $$locals, and perhaps others in the future).
> They can't all match "*". Further, there is interplay with
> .return probes' optional saving of invocation-time variables.
Indeed. In that case, metavariables might better have another
character which C language doesn't use, like $$%locals, $$%parms, etc.
What would you think?
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Summary|$$parms/$$vars should be $$*|$$parms/$$vars should be $$*
| |or $$%parms/$$%vars
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