Re: [commit/java] Work around java/1565 in jmisc.exp

[Andrew Cagney <cagney at gnu dot org>]

> On Tue, Feb 24, 2004 at 11:12:11AM -0500, Andrew Cagney wrote:
>
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > This patch modifies jmisc.exp to work around the very very long standing 
> > > bug java/1565 (just that no one thought to report it?).  I'll separatly 
> > > follow up with a testcase for just that bug.
>
>
> FYI, about that bug:

FYI:

> GCC's debug info is screwy;

FYI, http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6587

> we need to strip arguments and parentheses from DW_AT_name for 
language_java and then I
> expect it will start working.

FYI, a hack stripping that stuff didn't appear to make it work, and 
doesn't fix the underlying problem of corrupt debug info.  As with Ada, 
Java needs a better symbol search method.  What happened to that thread?

  I want to finish my current massacre of
> dwarf2read before I go playing with that, though - it's always been on
> a lower burner.

Um, you appear to be spreading yourself very very thin here :-(

Andrew