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Re: Stabs Errors Compiling Java Classes
- From: Tom Tromey <tromey at redhat dot com>
- To: Ranjit Mathew <rmathew at hotmail dot com>
- Cc: java at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: 28 Nov 2002 16:46:43 -0700
- Subject: Re: Stabs Errors Compiling Java Classes
- References: <as37j2$900$1@main.gmane.org> <as4n7k$k6d$1@main.gmane.org>
- Reply-to: tromey at redhat dot com
>>>>> "Ranjit" == Ranjit Mathew <rmathew@hotmail.com> writes:
Ranjit> 4. description - can be any *16-bit, unsigned value*.
Ranjit> (Used for storing line numbers when using GNU debug
Ranjit> extensions. Hence a limit of 65535 lines for the
Ranjit> source code if stabs debug info is to be used.)
Ok, I think I can explain. In gcj we keep track of both line and
column numbers by packing them in to (I believe) a single 32-bit
value. Perhaps this is not being properly decoded before it is passed
to the debug info generator. That's an area I really know very little
about.
Tom