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Re: [RFA] bug in symtab.c:lookup_block_symbol()'s search method
>> IMNSHO gdb 5.1 can not be released with the symbol binary search
>> lookup broken as it has been for the last year.
>
> Broken?
> You mean slower.
> It works *correctly*, just not as *efficiently* as it could.
> Big difference.
gdb is measured against many criteria, one is performance. if gdb's
performance drops, gdb has regressed. some would describe it as broken.
in some some situtations - replacing a macro by a function say - such a
regression is considered acceptable. in other cases - such as an
algorithm change that is ment to improve performance - it is not.
andrew