tree-dump inquiry

[Jim Wilson]

Dan DaCosta wrote:
> I am currently using the tree dumper flag in g++ 3.2.3.  After working with .original file
> for a little bit I realized that there was no way to tell what order the parameters were
> specified in a function declaration.

The tree and rtl dumps are intended as debugging aids only.  There is no 
need for them to be complete, they only need to include info we need for 
debugging.  Since we never try to process them, we would never notice if 
they were incomplete.

As for completing them, that is a potential problem.  An FSF policy, 
intended to prevent people from subverting the GPL, prevents us from 
emitting debug/intermediate files that could be used by others to use 
proprietary code with gcc without linking to gcc.  This is an 
inconvenience, but it is current FSF policy so we must respect it.
-- 
Jim Wilson, GNU Tools Support, http://www.SpecifixInc.com