[Bug gdb/33648] Standardize DW_GNU_IDX_* .debug_names attributes

simark at simark dot ca sourceware-bugzilla@sourceware.org
Thu Nov 20 20:14:21 GMT 2025


https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33648

--- Comment #6 from Simon Marchi <simark at simark dot ca> ---
> DW_IDX_internal
> 
>   It is a flag that, when set, indicates that the associated entry has
> static linkage.
> 
>   Simon: IIUC, an index entry having DW_IDX_internal means the specified DIE
> does not  have DW_AT_external?  Should it be DW_IDX_external, so that the
> DW_IDX_ attribute is aligned with the DW_AT_ attribute?

Huh, I have now looked at the working draft for the first time, available here
(I didn't know before):

https://snapshots.sourceware.org/dwarfstd/dwarf-spec/

The DW_IDX_external flag has already been added:

https://dwarfstd.org/issues/170527.1.html

It event references this GDB bug:

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14125

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