[patch] Fix DW_AT_lower_bound DWARF-4+ defaults
Tom Tromey
tromey@redhat.com
Thu Apr 26 16:09:00 GMT 2012
>>>>> "Jan" == Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com> writes:
Jan> + case language_d:
Jan> + case language_java:
Jan> + case language_objc:
Jan> + if (cu->header.version >= 4)
Jan> + low = 0;
Jan> + break;
I looked at the DWARF 3 spec and it says:
If the lower bound value is missing, the value is assumed to be a
language-dependent default constant. The default lower bound value for C
or C++ is 0. For Fortran, it is 1.
So it seems wrong to complain here; at least for Java and ObjC, where
there is only a single sensible default. I can't speak for the other
languages, but even there I think the DWARF text mentioning specific
defaults is informative, not exhaustive, and we should just pick a
reasonable default and not complain.
Tom
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