From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Return-Path: <eliz@gnu.org>
Received: from eggs.gnu.org (eggs.gnu.org [209.51.188.92])
 by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 59D723858D20
 for <gdb-patches@sourceware.org>; Tue,  1 Mar 2022 03:28:21 +0000 (GMT)
DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org 59D723858D20
Received: from [2001:470:142:3::e] (port=54002 helo=fencepost.gnu.org)
 by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256)
 (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from <eliz@gnu.org>)
 id 1nOtBU-0003zc-Or; Mon, 28 Feb 2022 22:28:20 -0500
Received: from [87.69.77.57] (port=1472 helo=home-c4e4a596f7)
 by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256)
 (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from <eliz@gnu.org>)
 id 1nOtBT-000159-Rc; Mon, 28 Feb 2022 22:28:20 -0500
Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2022 05:28:12 +0200
Message-Id: <83wnhel5bn.fsf@gnu.org>
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Tom Tromey <tromey@adacore.com>
Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
In-Reply-To: <87lexulnba.fsf@tromey.com> (message from Tom Tromey on Mon, 28
 Feb 2022 13:59:37 -0700)
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] Handle non-ASCII identifiers in Ada
References: <20220228183304.1162089-1-tromey@adacore.com>
 <20220228183304.1162089-6-tromey@adacore.com> <83y21ulsuo.fsf@gnu.org>
 <87lexulnba.fsf@tromey.com>
X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.4 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,
 DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, DKIM_VALID_EF,
 RCVD_IN_BARRACUDACENTRAL, SPF_HELO_PASS, SPF_PASS, TXREP,
 T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4
X-Spam-Level: *
X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on
 server2.sourceware.org
X-BeenThere: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29
Precedence: list
List-Id: Gdb-patches mailing list <gdb-patches.sourceware.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <https://sourceware.org/mailman/options/gdb-patches>,
 <mailto:gdb-patches-request@sourceware.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <https://sourceware.org/pipermail/gdb-patches/>
List-Post: <mailto:gdb-patches@sourceware.org>
List-Help: <mailto:gdb-patches-request@sourceware.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <https://sourceware.org/mailman/listinfo/gdb-patches>,
 <mailto:gdb-patches-request@sourceware.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2022 03:28:26 -0000

> From: Tom Tromey <tromey@adacore.com>
> Cc: Tom Tromey <tromey@adacore.com>,  gdb-patches@sourceware.org
> Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2022 13:59:37 -0700
> 
> Eli> This script assumes that the version of Python which will run it is
> Eli> up-to-date with the latest Unicode Character Database (UCD), right?
> Eli> Is that a good assumption?  Wouldn't it be better to process the UCD
> Eli> from the latest Unicode Standard directly?
> 
> Ordinarily, yes, but in practice the Ada compiler uses quite old data,
> and so whatever is provided by a recent-ish Python is more than good
> enough.

How old is "old data", and how recent-ish should be "recent-ish
Python", for this purpose?  Or maybe we should document what is the
oldest version of Python that currently suits the needs?