Re: fix "too much information" bug w/ "info vector" on PowerPC
Paul Gilliam <pgilliam <at> us.ibm.com>
2005-09-02 14:25:39 GMT
On Thursday 01 September 2005 17:55, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 01, 2005 at 04:06:08PM -0700, Jim Blandy wrote:
> > Paul Gilliam <pgilliam <at> us.ibm.com> writes:
> >
> > > Talking about spaces, tabs, and formatting, I noticed that some of the function prototypes in
ppc-tdep.h are over 80 columns and
> > > real ugly.
> > >
> > > Here, for your consideration, are two patches to change that: one uses a short-lived macro
(ppc-tdep.patch) and the other uses a
> > > typedef (newest.patch).
> >
> > If I were to use a typedef, I'd put it in gdbarch.h and call it
> > gdb_retval_convention_t; there's nothing special about ppc-tdep.h's
> > needs.
> >
> > The following is also legal C, Emacs-friendly, and gdb_indent.sh-friendly:
> >
> > enum return_value_convention (ppc_sysv_abi_return_value
> > (struct gdbarch *gdbarch,
> > struct type *valtype,
> > struct regcache *regcache,
> > gdb_byte *readbuf,
> > const gdb_byte *writebuf));
> >
> > I used this once before, but Mark Kettenis declared it "weird" or
> > something and asked me to take it out. :) Be that as it may, I think
> > it's better than the macro or the local typedef.
>
> It is weird :-P
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