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Re: [PATCH] Eliminate duplicate dwarf2 data
- To: Gary Funck <gary at Intrepid dot Com>
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] Eliminate duplicate dwarf2 data
- From: Daniel Berlin <dberlin at redhat dot com>
- Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 20:03:28 -0700 (PDT)
- cc: gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
On Sun, 27 Aug 2000, Gary Funck wrote:
>
> A few thoughts on proposed patch:
>
> - As Jason noted, the use of a "compilation unit" to track definitions
> within an include file, doesn't appear to follow the spirit of
> the DWARF2 standard.
and AFAIK, jason never said this.
It wouldn't make sense, given his idea, and an old patch he sent me, was
the basis for this work (though the old patch needed to be about 80%
rewritten, due to the complete change in the way dwarf2 is done now). In
fact, other compilers do this exact same thing.