Re: [cplus] An initial use of the canonicalizer

Daniel Jacobowitz
2004-01-01T07:50:40Z

On Thu, Jan 01, 2004 at 08:03:51AM +0200, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 14:04:10 -0500 (EST)
> > From: mec.gnu@mindspring.com (Michael Elizabeth Chastain)
> >
> > Maybe stabs+ will go away by 2010.
>
> Not before DWARF2 becomes much more reliable than it is today, one
> would hope. Right now, at least in my experience, stabs+ is much
> more reliable than DWARF2.

I've found the exact opposite to be true. Sure, two years ago, the
story was different. But now GCC on our most-popular targets (GNU/Linux,
the BSDs) produces DWARF-2 by default and it works like a charm.

The space issue is still a big deal. We'll probably be hearing all
sorts of things about that, now, especially with Apple jumping on the
DWARF2 bandwagon for OS X. At least, tentatively.