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Re: [lto] PATCH: add varargs support to DWARF reader


Mark Mitchell wrote:

Is there a reason not to just return void_type_node directly from lto_read_unspecified_parameters_DIE? I believe that DWARF doesn't have a "void" type (using a null type pointer to indicate void in things like "void *") and, in any case, "void" is certainly not a valid parameter type. So, at the risk of being a bit cute, you could probably just return void_type_node directly, bypassing the cookie.

I did consider that, but decided that it was more robust and less confusing to use the cookie than rely on punning some other object with something other than its normal meaning. (Not that GCC isn't already full of that sort of stuff, but I don't need to add to it....)


-Sandra


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