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Diffstat (limited to 'gdb/psympriv.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | gdb/psympriv.h | 22 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/psympriv.h b/gdb/psympriv.h index 9bc960a..fdcee99 100644 --- a/gdb/psympriv.h +++ b/gdb/psympriv.h @@ -124,16 +124,26 @@ struct partial_symtab { } - /* Read the full symbol table corresponding to this partial symbol - table. */ + /* Psymtab expansion is done in two steps: + - a call to read_symtab + - while that call is in progress, calls to expand_psymtab can be made, + both for this psymtab, and its dependencies. + This makes a distinction between a toplevel psymtab (for which both + read_symtab and expand_psymtab will be called) and a non-toplevel + psymtab (for which only expand_psymtab will be called). The + distinction can be used f.i. to do things before and after all + dependencies of a top-level psymtab have been expanded. + + Read the full symbol table corresponding to this partial symbol + table. Typically calls expand_psymtab. */ virtual void read_symtab (struct objfile *) = 0; - /* Psymtab expansion is done in two steps. The first step is a call - to read_symtab; but while that is in progress, calls to - expand_psymtab can be made. */ + /* Expand the full symbol table for this partial symbol table. Typically + calls expand_dependencies. */ virtual void expand_psymtab (struct objfile *) = 0; - /* Ensure that all the dependencies are read in. */ + /* Ensure that all the dependencies are read in. Calls + expand_psymtab for each non-shared dependency. */ void expand_dependencies (struct objfile *); /* Return true if the symtab corresponding to this psymtab has been |