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Re: [RFC/RFA] gdb extension for Harvard architectures


> Andrew Cagney <ac131313@cygnus.com> writes:
> 
>> With regard to a @data->@io pointer.  That is probably wrong.  Pointers, 
>> which are typically implemented as address registers (not to be confused 
>> with GDB's core addr), have a fixed size for a given address space.
> 
> 
> Not sure what you mean here.  A value of type `@io foo *' is perfectly
> meaningful.  Its size depends on characteristics of the I/O space.

What about ``@io int *@code''?  The pointer's size is independant (well 
at least for the moment) of the source address space.  Hence the 
attribute attached to the pointer (instead of pointee) adds nothing.

Andrew



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