stab strings on AIX

[Perry Smith]

I have a tool that I use to look at AIX dumps.  It understands stab  
strings that xlc (the IBM compiler) produces.  I feed it a file  
produced by gcc/g++ and it complains.  The same thing happens with  
dbx (IBM's debugger).  Of course, gdb understands it fine.

Has gcc/g++ extended the stab strings or is my tool (and dbx) just  
incomplete?  If there has been an extension to the stab strings, can  
someone point me to where it is documented (even if it is in the  
source).  I *thought* I had a complete implementation as documented  
in the AIX pubs but they may be incomplete.  So, another possibility  
is maybe I just need a pointer to the complete stab string  
specification.

Thank you,
Perry