[PATCH 2/2] gdb: do minor code modernization in make_pointer_type and make_reference_type
Tankut Baris Aktemur <[email protected]> Mon, 3 Aug 2026 16:35:31 +0200
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.gdb.patches |
|---|---|
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
This is a small code modernization. There should be no behavioral
change.
---
gdb/gdbtypes.c | 23 ++++++++++-------------
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
diff --git a/gdb/gdbtypes.c b/gdb/gdbtypes.c
index 2dda175237c..409601abe03 100644
--- a/gdb/gdbtypes.c
+++ b/gdb/gdbtypes.c
@@ -366,10 +366,8 @@ smash_type (struct type *type)
type *
make_pointer_type (type *type)
{
- struct type *ntype; /* New type */
- ntype = type->pointer_type;
-
- if (ntype)
+ struct type *ntype = type->pointer_type;
+ if (ntype != nullptr)
return ntype;
ntype = type_allocator (type).new_type ();
@@ -403,23 +401,22 @@ lookup_pointer_type (struct type *type)
type *
make_reference_type (type *type, type_code refcode)
{
- struct type *ntype; /* New type */
- struct type **reftype;
-
gdb_assert (refcode == TYPE_CODE_REF || refcode == TYPE_CODE_RVALUE_REF);
- ntype = (refcode == TYPE_CODE_REF ? type->reference_type
- : type->rvalue_reference_type);
+ struct type *ntype = (refcode == TYPE_CODE_REF
+ ? type->reference_type
+ : type->rvalue_reference_type);
- if (ntype)
+ if (ntype != nullptr)
return ntype;
ntype = type_allocator (type).new_type ();
ntype->set_target_type (type);
- reftype = (refcode == TYPE_CODE_REF ? &type->reference_type
- : &type->rvalue_reference_type);
- *reftype = ntype;
+ if (refcode == TYPE_CODE_REF)
+ type->reference_type = ntype;
+ else
+ type->rvalue_reference_type = ntype;
/* FIXME! Assume the machine has only one representation for
references, and that it matches the (only) representation for
--
2.53.0