cycle. People hope to have these problems fixed in a follow-on
release.
-(The names in paren indicate people that posted the original problem.)
-
--
The BFD directory requires bug-fixed AUTOMAKE et.al.
--
-Possible regressions with some devel GCCs.
-http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb/2000-q1/msg00475.html
-
-gcc-2.95.2 outputs a line note *before* the prologue (and one for the
-closing brace after the epilogue, instead of before it, as it used to
-be). By disabling the RTL-style prologue generating mechanism
-(undocumented GCC option -mno-schedule-prologue), you get back the
-traditional behaviour.
-http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb/2000-q1/msg00510.html
-
-This should now be fixed.
-
---
-
RFD: infrun.c: No bpstat_stop_status call after proceed over break?
-(Peter Schauer)
http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb-patches/2000-q1/msg00665.html
GDB misses watchpoint triggers after proceeding over a breakpoint on
> It stops in a function that is defined as weak, not in the function
> that is actualy run...
+--
+
+GDB 5.0 doesn't work on Linux/SPARC
+
--
Code Cleanups: Next Release
--
-Purge PARAMS
+Purge PARAMS.
Eliminate all uses of PARAMS in GDB's source code.
--
-ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED
-
-The need for this as almost been eliminated. The next version of GCC
-(assuming cagney gets the relevant patch committed) will be able to
-supress unused parameter warnings.
-
---
-
Eliminate more compiler warnings.
Of course there also needs to be the usual debate over which warnings
Re: Various C++ things
-value_headof/value_from_vtable_info are worthless, and should be removed.
-The one place in printcmd.c that uses it should use the RTTI functions.
+value_headof/value_from_vtable_info are worthless, and should be
+removed. The one place in printcmd.c that uses it should use the RTTI
+functions.
-RTTI for g++ should be using the typeinfo functions rather than the vtables.
-The typeinfo functions are always at offset 4 from the beginning of the vtable,
-and are always right. The vtables will have weird names like E::VB sometimes.
-The typeinfo function will always be "E type_info function", or somesuch.
+RTTI for g++ should be using the typeinfo functions rather than the
+vtables. The typeinfo functions are always at offset 4 from the
+beginning of the vtable, and are always right. The vtables will have
+weird names like E::VB sometimes. The typeinfo function will always
+be "E type_info function", or somesuch.
-value_virtual_fn_field needs to be fixed so there are no failures for virtual
-functions for C++ using g++.
+value_virtual_fn_field needs to be fixed so there are no failures for
+virtual functions for C++ using g++.
-Testsuite cases are the major priority right now for C++ support, since i have
-to make a lot of changes that could potentially break each other.
+Testsuite cases are the major priority right now for C++ support,
+since i have to make a lot of changes that could potentially break
+each other.
--
http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb/2000-q1/msg00237.html
+--
+
+Resolve how to scale things to support very large packets.
+
+--
+
+Resolve how to handle a target that changes things like its endianess
+on the fly - should it be returned in the ``T'' packet?
+
+Underlying problem is that the register file is target endian. If the
+target endianess changes gdb doesn't know.
+
--
Symbol Support
Consequence of recent symtab clarification. No marks for figuring out
who maintains the MIPS.
+--
+
+ Testsuite Support
+ =================
+
+There are never to many testcases.
+
+--
+
+Better thread testsuite.
+
+--
+
+Better C++ testsuite.
+
+--
+
+Look at adding a GDB specific testsuite directory so that white box
+tests of key internals can be added (eg ui_file).
+
+--
+
+Separate out tests that involve the floating point (FP).
+
+(Something for people brining up new targets). FP and non-fp tests
+are combined. I think there should be set of basic tests that
+exercise pure integer support and then a more expanded set that
+exercise FP and FP/integer interactions.
+
+As an example, the MIPS, for n32 as problems with passing FP's and
+structs. Since most inferior call tests include FP it is difficult to
+determine of the integer tests are ok.
+
--
Architectural Changes: General
Extra ui_file methods - dump.
-These are for debugging / testing. An aside is to set up a whitebox
-testsuite for key internals such as ui_file.
+Very useful for whitebox testing.
--
--
+ TODO FAQ
+ ========
+
+Frequently requested but not approved requests.
+
+--
+
+Eliminate unused argument warnings using ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED.
+
+The benefits on this one are thought to be marginal - GDBs design
+means that unused parameters are very common. GCC 3.0 will also
+include the option -Wno-unused-parameter which means that ``-Wall
+-Wno-unused-parameters -Werror'' can be specified.
+
+--
+
+
+
Legacy Wish List
================
Make single_step() insert and remove breakpoints in one operation.
+[If this is talking about having single_step() insert the breakpoints,
+run the target then pull the breakpoints then it is wrong. The
+function has to return as control has to eventually be passed back to
+the main event loop.]
+
--
Speed up single stepping by avoiding extraneous ptrace calls.
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