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Re: [PATCH v2 9/9] add short-circuit logic to elfread.c
- From: Tom Tromey <tromey at redhat dot com>
- To: Doug Evans <dje at google dot com>
- Cc: gdb-patches <gdb-patches at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 12:50:07 -0600
- Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 9/9] add short-circuit logic to elfread.c
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>> Nope. I can add it back somehow if you need it. Though at the same
>> time I would like to know what you use it for. I never figured out how
>> the current statistic could be useful.
Doug> I don't "need" it, it's just good data and was curious.
The distinction I was trying to draw wasn't whether it was needed or not
needed, but whether it was useful and if so, what for. I read your
response here as saying it is useful. But could you explain what for?
What use is there for it?
I understand wanting to know the size of the table that is actually
constructed. This is good for seeing where all the memory goes. But I
never thought of a use for "number of minimal symbols we discarded".
Tom