From: Jim Kingdon <jkingdon@engr.sgi.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1993 18:26:03 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: gdbtypes.h: Fix comments regarding the following change:
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gdbtypes.h: Fix comments regarding the following change:

Thu Jul  1 09:51:27 1993  Jim Kingdon  (kingdon@cygnus.com)

	* gdbtypes.h (struct type): Add field tag_name.
---

diff --git a/gdb/gdbtypes.h b/gdb/gdbtypes.h
index 848ce5fae20..c582df14399 100644
--- a/gdb/gdbtypes.h
+++ b/gdb/gdbtypes.h
@@ -137,14 +137,20 @@ struct type
   enum type_code code;
 
   /* Name of this type, or NULL if none.
+
      This is used for printing only, except by poorly designed C++ code.
-     Type names specified as input are defined by symbols.  */
+     For looking up a name, look for a symbol in the VAR_NAMESPACE.  */
 
   char *name;
 
-  /* Tag name for this type, or NULL if none.  This is a feature which is
-     specific to C/C++ for structs, unions, or enums.  
-     This is used for printing only, except by poorly designed C++ code.  */
+  /* Tag name for this type, or NULL if none.  This means that the
+     name of the type consists of a keyword followed by the tag name.
+     Which keyword is determined by the type code ("struct" for
+     TYPE_CODE_STRUCT, etc.).  As far as I know C/C++ are the only languages
+     with this feature.
+
+     This is used for printing only, except by poorly designed C++ code.
+     For looking up a name, look for a symbol in the STRUCT_NAMESPACE.  */
 
   char *tag_name;