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Re: [PATCH] Add tree and rtl accessor functions for debuggers
- To: Daniel Berlin <dan at www dot cgsoftware dot com>
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add tree and rtl accessor functions for debuggers
- From: Stan Shebs <shebs at apple dot com>
- Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 16:40:38 -0700
- CC: Mark Mitchell <mark at codesourcery dot com>, tromey at redhat dot com, ira at apple dot com, gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
- References: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0105101925570.26541-100000@www.cgsoftware.com>
Daniel Berlin wrote:
>
> On Thu, 10 May 2001, Stan Shebs wrote:
>
> > Mark Mitchell wrote:
> > >
> > > It shouldn't be a very big project given that DWARF2 can conveniently
> > > represent macro definitions and that cpplib makes expanding macros a
> > > snap.
> >
> > I've looked into this a bit, since I fantasize about doing this myself
> > someday, and it's a multi-month project for someone who knows something
> > about both GCC and GDB, even just for Dwarf2.
> I can't see how.
> In fact, i have a basic working prototype that took me about 4 days to do
> in gdb, and about a weeks worth of gcc work.
> It's really *not* that difficult.
> I'll gladly give it to you to work on if you like.
Excellent! You know us old folks, we always inflate our estimates... :-)
I'd love to take a look at it - would be way more fun than tracking yet
another bootstrap failure... What's left to do with it?
Stan