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Re: [PATCH] Add some const-ness to py-cmd.c
- From: Joel Brobecker <brobecker at adacore dot com>
- To: Tom Tromey <tromey at redhat dot com>
- Cc: Doug Evans <xdje42 at gmail dot com>, gdb-patches at sourceware dot org, Sergio Durigan <sergiodj at redhat dot com>, Jan Kratochvil <jkratoch at redhat dot com>
- Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2013 16:36:48 +0100
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add some const-ness to py-cmd.c
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> Red Hat at least needs 2.6 for a while still. RHEL 6 ships Python 2.6.
> It would be more convenient for us if this were supported by gdb.
>
> Of course gdb can go its own route and we will cope somehow.
> A few points though --
Just to be clear, I have no objection whatsoever towards keeping
support for 2.6! I don't think it is going to be that much more
work in any case, but just wondered whether that was necessary.
The one transition that worries me is 3.x, and I think this one
is going to hurt (at AdaCore).
--
Joel