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authorDoug Evans <xdje42@gmail.com>2014-11-06 23:34:28 -0800
committerDoug Evans <xdje42@gmail.com>2014-11-06 23:34:28 -0800
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symtab.c (basic_lookup_symbol_nonlocal): Add comment.
gdb/ChangeLog: * symtab.c (basic_lookup_symbol_nonlocal): Add comment.
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diff --git a/gdb/symtab.c b/gdb/symtab.c
index 6f483bf..e2a1e56 100644
--- a/gdb/symtab.c
+++ b/gdb/symtab.c
@@ -1792,6 +1792,10 @@ basic_lookup_symbol_nonlocal (const char *name,
than that one, so I don't think we should worry about that for
now. */
+ /* NOTE: dje/2014-10-26: The lookup in all objfiles search could skip
+ the current objfile. Searching the current objfile first is useful
+ for both matching user expectations as well as performance. */
+
sym = lookup_symbol_in_static_block (name, block, domain);
if (sym != NULL)
return sym;