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Re: Problem with debugging information
- To: Richard Kenner <kenner at vlsi1 dot ultra dot nyu dot edu>
- Subject: Re: Problem with debugging information
- From: Richard Henderson <rth at cygnus dot com>
- Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 12:04:05 -0700
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- References: <10005221833.AA25102@vlsi1.ultra.nyu.edu>
On Mon, May 22, 2000 at 02:25:29PM -0400, Richard Kenner wrote:
> If I set a breakpoint in "main" and then to "next", I go into "bar". This
> occurs with everything I compile, though it may be Alpha-specific.
It is alpha specific. I've been seeing it for so long I've
gotten used to it.
> By experimenting with the .s file, I can see this has to do with where
> the line number notes are relative to the end of the prologue, but I
> don't understand this issue very well.
It's also related to `bar' being in the same file or not. If
bar is in a different file, next won't step in. I had been
assuming it was some gdb prologue parsing bug.
r~