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Re: Ping2: [PATCH] PR debug/16063. Add DW_AT_type to DW_TAG_enumeration.


On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 04:50:35PM -0400, Jason Merrill wrote:
> On 05/13/2014 03:21 AM, Mark Wielaard wrote:
> >So the debugger doesn't have to guess the properties of the enum's
> >underlying base type, like size, encoding and signedness.
> 
> Well, the enum already has DW_AT_byte_size.  It seems to me that it should
> also have DW_AT_encoding to provide the other two properties you mention.

Right, that is the idea, since an enum doesn't provide those attributes,
it should have a reference to the underlying base type that provides them.
Then it can also drop the DW_AT_byte_size, if it is different from the
underlying base type, but that is a followup patch.

Thanks,

Mark


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