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Re: [RFA/commit/dwarf] Create partial symbols for nested subprograms
On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 02:52:24PM -0700, Joel Brobecker wrote:
> > I usually use 'gdb -batch foo.exe' to time reading partial symbols,
> > and 'gdb -readnow -batch foo.exe' to time full symbols (only partial
> > symbols are at issue here).
>
> And use the "time" command to measure the time elapsed? Somehow,
> I got reported user times and total times that fluctuated a little
> more than when I used the --statistics.
Yes, I have a script to time things repeatedly and give me
average/stddev.
> Sure! Is that what you had in mind?
>
> 2008-09-11 Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>
>
> * dwarf2read.c (add_partial_subprogram): New procedure.
> (scan_partial_symbols): Use it.
> (load_partial_dies): Read in children of subprogram and lexical
> blocks for Ada compilation units.
>
> Tested on x86-linux, no regression.
Yes, this is OK. I agree it's the right compromise, at least for the
moment.
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Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery