patch to improve i386 epilogue (version 4)
Jeffrey A Law
law@cygnus.com
Sat Oct 10 23:10:00 GMT 1998
In message < u97ly8jfe4.fsf@yorick.cygnus.com >you write:
> > Can anyone explain why this braindamage exists on Linux. This sounds
> > totally dumb to me.
>
> This isn't specific to Linux; -ggdb generates DWARF2 on all systems where
> it is supported.
I'm not sure if this makes me think it's more or less dumb :-)
> Meaning, it's only as functional as stabs, not more. Which is not really
> an argument for staying with stabs; when we switch, there is more reason to
> improve dwarf2 support.
So what were the arguments for not making dwarf2 the default?
jeff
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