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Re: how to examine data with compiler optimization option set?
On Tue, 2008-09-02 at 23:04 -0400, Frank Ch. Eigler wrote:
> Michael Snyder <msnyder@vmware.com> writes:
>
> > [...]
> > I don't think there is any possibility whatsoever of
> > somehow generating location codes for the variables in
> > the example.
> >
> > Those values are simply not kept anywhere. GCC will replace
> > them all with the constant, "3".
>
> You might be surprised. Some RH engineers are working along these
> lines. Being able to debug (<=> probe/trace) optimized code is
> becoming more and more important, and gcc is slowly getting into the
> mood to help.
I'm more than willing to be surprised...
it will be a pleasant one. ;-)