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Re: Designs for better debug info in GCC
On Nov 24, 2007, kenner@vlsi1.ultra.nyu.edu (Richard Kenner) wrote:
>> Besides, the Ada RTS compiles differently with -g than without -g,
>> such that compare-debug doesn't pass if you compare sysdep.o. Nobody
>> but me seems to care.
> That's wierd. Except on Windows, VXWorks, and VMS, there's almost
> no code in that file.
Yep. On GNU/Linux, the difference is precisely that, when compiling
with -g, you get the variables that represent the file open modes to
the output, while compiling without -g they're completely optimized
away.
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