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Re: [RFA 2/6] Handle alignof and _Alignof

From: Tom Tromey <tom at tromey dot com>
To: Pedro Alves <palves at redhat dot com>
Cc: Tom Tromey <tom at tromey dot com>, gdb-patches at sourceware dot org
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2018 14:54:36 -0600
Subject: Re: [RFA 2/6] Handle alignof and _Alignof
References: <20180424152222.8053-1-tom@tromey.com> <20180424152222.8053-3-tom@tromey.com> <bed9b13b-1ac2-7b06-d72c-002555c9e4cc@redhat.com>

>>>>> "Pedro" == Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com> writes:

Pedro> There was a snippet in the patch that made me wonder if the patch
Pedro> handles alignof of a no-debug-info variable and and the return-type
Pedro> of a no-debug-info function correctly (instead of e.g., crashing).
Pedro> I'd be nice to add a couples test to gdb.base/nodebug.exp
Pedro> to make sure.  E.g.:
Pedro>    p _Alignof (dataglobal64_1)
Pedro>    p _Alignof (middle())"

I think these can't be done because _Alignof only applies to types.

Tom

References:
- [RFA 0/6] Teach gdb about type alignment
  - From: Tom Tromey
- [RFA 2/6] Handle alignof and _Alignof
  - From: Tom Tromey
- Re: [RFA 2/6] Handle alignof and _Alignof
  - From: Pedro Alves

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