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Re: dwarf and clones
- To: Jason Merrill <jason at redhat dot com>
- Subject: Re: dwarf and clones
- From: Jim Dehnert <dehnert at transmeta dot com>
- Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 22:27:59 -0800
- CC: dwarf2 at corp dot sgi dot com
- Organization: Transmeta Corp.
- References: <u93ddi4e89.fsf@casey.cambridge.redhat.com>
- Reply-To: Jim Dehnert <dehnert at transmeta dot com>
Jason Merrill wrote:
>
> Some highly optimizing compilers (SGI's?) generate multiple copies of a
> function specialized for particular arguments. How should such a thing be
> represented?
>
> The simplest option would be to treat each as a normal function, with
> almost identical debugging information apart from code addresses. But it
> occurs to me that another option would be to treat them as multiple
> concrete instances of an inline function.
I think SGI does the first, but I'm not sure. Perhaps Dave knows?
Jim
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