[PATCH 3/9] PR gdb/21226: Take DWARF stack value pieces from LSB end

Simon Marchi simon.marchi@polymtl.ca
Tue Apr 18 16:43:00 GMT 2017


On 2017-04-18 12:31, Andreas Arnez wrote:
>> It would be really nice for the readers if you could put some comment 
>> like
>> this, even though it may seem obvious to you:
>> 
>>   /* The size of a DWARF stack value.  */
>>   ULONGEST obj_size = 8 * TYPE_LENGTH (value_type (p->v.value));
>> 
>> I found I had to add them to the code to be able to follow.
> 
> OK, but it seems that the variable name 'obj_size' causes the 
> confusion;
> so I'd rather skip the comment, change the variable name to
> stack_value_size_bits instead and let it speak for itself.

I agree.

Thanks,

Simon



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