excessive stab information

[Daniel Jacobowitz]

On Thu, Apr 28, 2005 at 11:16:46AM -0400, Ian Lance Taylor wrote:
> "Andy Chittenden" <AChittenden@bluearc.com> writes:
> 
> > I've now sorted out our #includes so that no header file defines a type
> > within a #ifdef. This did save around 3% on the size of an elf so thanks
> > for that suggestion. However, we still have massive stabs. Further
> > analysis of the output of objdump --stabs led me to develop this patch
> > to bfd/stabs.c which removes a further 2%: is it ok to apply?
> 
> Is it OK for you to apply?  Sure, looks safe enough.
> 
> Is it OK for the GNU binutils?  I dunno.  First, it would have to use
> lrealpath rather than realpath.  Second, it seems to me that it will
> slow down a stabs link slightly, but for most people will provide no
> benefit.  Most people do not refer to the same header file using two
> different names.

I don't think it's a good idea even then.  It assumes that the paths in
stabs refer to files on the system where the linker is running.

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Daniel Jacobowitz
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