Re: [Cgdb-devel] New libraries for CGDB

[Bob R. <bo...@br...>]

> > Seems reasonable enough to me, but for the time being, I'll keep to por=
ting.
> > However, one thing that may be of interest for cgdb is the container=20
> > library I wrote for Jail-ust (also on SourceForge) which I think will=
=20
> > respond to the needs for a hashing implementation discussed here earlie=
r.
> > If you check it out like this:
> > $ export CVSROOT=3D:pserver:an...@cv...:/cvsroot/jail-u=
st
> > $ cvs login
> > anoncvs
> > $ cvs co release-libcontain
> > you'll get the current version with all of its dependencies (libreplace=
=20
> > and the architecture-dependent code)
>=20
> This sounds interesting. Unfortunately, it was written in C++ and cgdb is
> written only in C. The reason CGDB is written in C is because we believe
> it should be able to port anywhere that GDB does. This way, it can be
> used in all the same environments.

As I am starting to think about the implementation of libkui, I am
running into walls. It looks like CGDB is going to need some basic C
data structures. It is probably unreasonable to think CGDB won't need
basic data structures like linked lists, hash tables, ...

So, we have 2 options. Use a C library someone else has already written
and tested, or go through the pain of writing our own, and making a new
project, libadt ( or something ). I would really like to know what
everyone thinks we should do here.

What does everyone think? Do any of the distro maintainers know of a
good portable C library that provides data structures?

Thanks,
Bob Rossi