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Re: RFA: macro debug info: don't emit spaces in formal parameter list



Neil Booth <neil@daikokuya.demon.co.uk> writes:
> Jim Blandy wrote:-
> 
> > !             /* Don't emit a space after the comma here; we're trying
> > !                to emit a Dwarf-friendly definition, and the Dwarf spec
> > !                forbids spaces in the argument list.  */
> 
> That's rather tasteless IMO.

*shrug*  It's not written or read by humans, except us; I'm just
grateful that it's at least a legible encoding of the info, unlike
most of the rest of Dwarf.

> I agree with the change to CPP so it outputs according to the spec.
> Just for interest, are you writing gdb so it's liberal in what it
> accepts?

Yes; as far as I know, I've adapted GDB to accomodate each of the GCC
problems I've reported.

I'll commit the patch.  Thanks!


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