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Re: [PATCH 2/4] dwarf2read.c: handle alternate dwarf2 debug sections name.
>>>>> "Tristan" == Tristan Gingold <gingold@adacore.com> writes:
Tristan> Unfortunately, some object file format cannot accept the
Tristan> standard dwarf2 debug section names. This is in particular the
Tristan> case of XCOFF (aix), which has only 8 chars section names. In
Tristan> order to support dwarf2 on aix, we need to allow alternate
Tristan> section names.
It seems reasonable to me, but I would like to understand why you took
this route, rather than the section-name-remapping approach taken by
bfd/mach-o.c.
The mach-o approach has the nice quality that it is encapsulated in BFD.
Tom