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Re: [patch] dwarf2out: Drop the size + performance overhead of DW_AT_sibling
>>>>> "Tristan" == Tristan Gingold <gingold@adacore.com> writes:
Tristan> I am not against this patch, my only concern is that there are many
Tristan> many dwarf consumers and I have no idea how they will react to this
Tristan> change.
I tend to think that this is the wrong standard to apply. In this case
we would be avoiding a beneficial change -- as measured in both
performance in a couple of cases, and in size -- for the sake of unknown
and possibly nonexistent consumers. I think instead the burden of proof
should be on those consumers, both to give their evidence and reasoning
and to engage with GCC.
Another way to look at it is that there have been many changes to GCC's
DWARF output in the last few years. Surely these have broken these
DWARF consumers more than this change possibly could.
Tom