how to examine data with compiler optimization option set?

[Frank Ch. Eigler]

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.


- FChE