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Re: [RFC/RFA?] Should break FILE:LINENO skip prologue?

From: Joel Brobecker <brobecker at adacore dot com>
To: Jim Blandy <jimb at codesourcery dot com>, gdb-patches at sourceware dot org, Eric Botcazou <botcazou at adacore dot com>
Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2008 11:46:02 -0800
Subject: Re: [RFC/RFA?] Should break FILE:LINENO skip prologue?
References: <20080109151745.GA13181@adacore.com> <m3ejcq6chy.fsf@codesourcery.com> <20080109191535.GB19569@caradoc.them.org>

[quoting a bit more to give Eric more context]

On Wed, Jan 09, 2008 at 02:15:35PM -0500, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 09, 2008 at 11:10:49AM -0800, Jim Blandy wrote:
> > > [1]: I think we have made some progress with parameter/variable
> > >      tracking with DWARF, but I think it's not activated by default
> > >      and we also still support platforms where DWARF is not available.
> > 
> > What is "not activated by default", exactly?  Is it in GCC?  In GDB?
> > Where in GDB?
> 
> GCC does not generate the necessary location lists at -O0.  Eric
> B. tried at one point; I don't remember if there were bugs, or just
> unacceptable bloat.

Eric? Can you remind us of what the problems were? I think it was
a combination of both...

-- 
Joel

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References:
- [RFC/RFA?] Should break FILE:LINENO skip prologue?
  - From: Joel Brobecker
- Re: [RFC/RFA?] Should break FILE:LINENO skip prologue?
  - From: Jim Blandy
- Re: [RFC/RFA?] Should break FILE:LINENO skip prologue?
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