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Diffstat (limited to 'gdb/gdbtypes.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | gdb/gdbtypes.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/gdbtypes.c b/gdb/gdbtypes.c index fa01f36c50d..9132c40b5fe 100644 --- a/gdb/gdbtypes.c +++ b/gdb/gdbtypes.c @@ -521,10 +521,10 @@ finish_cv_type (struct type *type) /* Replace the contents of ntype with the type *type. - This function should not be necessary, but is due to quirks in the stabs - reader. This should go away. It does not handle the replacement type - being cv-qualified; it could be easily fixed to, but it should go away, - remember? */ + When building recursive types, it is necessary to update a type's + definition after people already have references to it. The C + language's concept of an `incomplete type' is an acknowledgement of + this. */ void replace_type (struct type *ntype, struct type *type) { |