[Bug translator/20394] inconsistency in exe/library paths searching between @cast() and process.library.function probes

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https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20394

--- Comment #2 from David Smith <dsmith at redhat dot com> ---
(In reply to Frank Ch. Eigler from comment #1)
> Having a search path in @cast in a function() makes it possible that a
> mismatch will exist between the probe (whose $context variable is being
> passed) and the @cast (who interprets that pointer).  What you seem to
> really want is to make @cast() in a function refer to - match - the context
> of the probe that invoked it.  This is kind of what we do already for
> @cast()s in probe handler bodies.
> 
> It's as though we want to specialize the functions invoked from a probe
> handler by the probe handler, almost as if they were inlined.  Then
> syntactic elements inside the functions (even $vars) could conceivably be
> resolved in the context of each probe where those functions are actually
> called from.
> 
> What do you think?

That's an interesting idea. If it is doable, I'd say it would be quite handy.

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