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Re: [PATCH] Define GNULIB_NAMESPACE in unittests/string_view-selftests.c

From: Joel Brobecker <brobecker at adacore dot com>
To: Simon Marchi <simon dot marchi at polymtl dot ca>
Cc: Pedro Alves <palves at redhat dot com>, Simon Marchi <simon dot marchi at ericsson dot com>, gdb-patches at sourceware dot org
Date: Tue, 8 May 2018 14:22:45 -0700
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Define GNULIB_NAMESPACE in unittests/string_view-selftests.c
References: <1525382648-30186-1-git-send-email-simon.marchi@ericsson.com> <20180504165552.f4y7zcxzmgvwngel@adacore.com> <38335bd5-7e46-23e2-a45b-da970a1b8680@redhat.com> <e732737f236d83f6ebb9d382b600fb25@polymtl.ca>

> I pushed the patch to un-break the mingw build.

Thank you!

> Could you remind me what's the link between putting gdb in its own
> namespace and putting gnulib in its own namespace?  How are they
> related?

I think it's about making it easier to debug code that's declared
inside a namespace. In other words, it allows us to say "break
run_command", rather than having to type "break gdb::run_command".

-- 
Joel

References:
- [PATCH] Define GNULIB_NAMESPACE in unittests/string_view-selftests.c
  - From: Simon Marchi
- Re: [PATCH] Define GNULIB_NAMESPACE in unittests/string_view-selftests.c
  - From: Joel Brobecker
- Re: [PATCH] Define GNULIB_NAMESPACE in unittests/string_view-selftests.c
  - From: Pedro Alves
- Re: [PATCH] Define GNULIB_NAMESPACE in unittests/string_view-selftests.c
  - From: Simon Marchi

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