From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from rock.gnat.com (rock.gnat.com [205.232.38.15]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11018389365C for ; Fri, 24 Apr 2020 19:39:56 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org 11018389365C Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=adacore.com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=tromey@adacore.com Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by filtered-rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id DAD4F1162CD; Fri, 24 Apr 2020 15:39:55 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at gnat.com Received: from rock.gnat.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (rock.gnat.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id KdEiFRy0k240; Fri, 24 Apr 2020 15:39:55 -0400 (EDT) Received: from murgatroyd (184-96-229-138.hlrn.qwest.net [184.96.229.138]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 884A91162B7; Fri, 24 Apr 2020 15:39:55 -0400 (EDT) From: Tom Tromey To: Tom Tromey Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/11] Variant part support, plus more References: <20200408175452.30637-1-tromey@adacore.com> X-Attribution: Tom Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 13:39:55 -0600 In-Reply-To: <20200408175452.30637-1-tromey@adacore.com> (Tom Tromey's message of "Wed, 8 Apr 2020 11:54:41 -0600") Message-ID: <87mu701xmc.fsf@tromey.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Spam-Status: No, score=-8.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, JMQ_SPF_NEUTRAL, KAM_DMARC_STATUS, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS, TXREP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: gdb-patches@sourceware.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Gdb-patches mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 19:39:57 -0000 >>>>> "Tom" == Tom Tromey writes: Tom> Currently, the Ada support in gdb relies on what are called "gnat Tom> encodings" -- which really just means that some debug info is Tom> represented using magic symbol names, attached to other debug objects. Tom> A long term goal here is to slowly remove gnat encodings, in favor of Tom> using standard DWARF. Tom> This series is one step toward that goal. It adds support for DWARF Tom> variant parts to gdb. It also brings in support for fields that have Tom> dynamic offsets, and types that have dynamic lengths. It also adds a Tom> Python API to let pretty-printers know a bit more about dynamic types. I'm going to check this in now. Tom