Debug info for 'complex' types
Andrew Cagney
ac131313@cygnus.com
Fri Feb 1 08:40:00 GMT 2002
> Bug compatibility does not seem to be a desirable goal in g77. It seems to me
> that the divergence in established use of complex stabs lay in g77's method,
> and the patch corrects it. However, the issue should now be clear and the
> empowered ones may decide.
For g77 perhaphs. For GDB it is important. (To give a generalization)
People tend to upgrade their debugger long before they upgrade their
compiler. Consequently GDB is very much concerned with working with
more than just the current compilers.
Daniel write:
> Also note that the newer of your two compilers above - the Solaris 2.7
> package is, I assume, newer - 'R' is used instead of 'r'. That'll be
> handled correctly in GDB whatever the outcome of this discussion (or at
> least separately).
Is there a reason to not copy sun?
Andrew
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