Re: [RFC] Use DW_CC_program to indicate Fortran main subroutine

[Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org>]

On Tue, Nov 22, 2005 at 10:34:01AM +0800, Wu Zhou wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Thank you all for your kind input. I had a look at all your comments.  It 
> seems that no one is 100% convinced that DW_CC_program is the proper 
> solution. In fact I am also a little odd about the usage of DW_CC_program 
> to indicate the main function.  But the text in DWARF 3.3.1 really induce 
> me to think that it is currently the only feasible solution.
> 
> Now that most of you concur to make up a new attribute or tag for this. I 
> think it is more correct too.  Maybe it is time for us to discuss the 
> detail of this new tag or attribute?
> 
> My vote is to use a new attribute Dan Berlin proposed: DW_AT_GNU_main. We 
> can use it in GNU toolchain first, gcc, gdb, binutils and so on.  If the 
> DWARF committee can reach agreement on the final name, we can switch to 
> it then.  What is your point on this?  Thanks.

Since we had this conversation DWARF-3 was published; did you want to
reopen this with the DWARF working group?

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Daniel Jacobowitz
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