misc java-related gdb patches

Thu Apr 11 20:57:00 GMT 2002

On Thu, Apr 11, 2002 at 06:13:58PM -0700, Per Bothner wrote:
> Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> >On Thu, Apr 11, 2002 at 12:52:21PM -0700, Per Bothner wrote:
> >>	* language.c (unk_lang_create_fundamental_type): Remove.
> >>	(unknown_language_defn, auto_language_defn, local_language_defn):
> >>	In place of unk_lang_create_fundamental_type use
> >>	c_create_fundamental_type.
> >
> >
> >I don't see why this is needed. The language fundamental type hooks
> >should probably all die, IIRC...
>> Perhaps, but the thread on gdb@sources.redhat.com titled
> "GDB 5.2 vs. Ada (and probably other unknown languages)"
> suggests this change is needed, not just for Java. (I can't
> remember anymore why I needed this change, but I believe I ran
> into the same kind of error as in the above-mentioned thread.)

Indeed. I think a better question is whether we should really default
to an "unknown" language, or just to C?
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Daniel Jacobowitz Carnegie Mellon University
MontaVista Software Debian GNU/Linux Developer