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Re: g++ 3.4.1 (gold stars)


On Sat, 20 Nov 2004, Christopher Faylor wrote:

> I believe that the current version of binutils at least supports dwarf-2

True, but it doesn't fully support gcc 3.4.x due to the .rdata alignment
issue:

http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2004-09/msg01263.html

> Whatever we can do to make dwarf-2 the default for cygwin should be
> done.

I think we should start by simply enabling its output in gcc 3.4.x via
-gdwarf-2.  It appears that Gerrit included my patches to do this in the
current 3.4.1 experimental release (Thanks, Gerrit.).  Then, we can test
and determine if it should be the default debugging output instead of
stabs.  This decision should be entirely independent of the DWARF 2 vs.
sjlj EH one, which I have no opinion or expertise with.

And BTW, we need a new gdb to handle DWARF 2.

> Oh, and I forgot, can we get two gold stars for Brian Ford for
> spearheading the dwarf-2 effort for cygwin?  I've been meaning to
> suggest this for a long time.

Thanks.

-- 
Brian Ford
Senior Realtime Software Engineer
VITAL - Visual Simulation Systems
FlightSafety International
the best safety device in any aircraft is a well-trained pilot...

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