Re: [RFC/RFA?] Should break FILE:LINENO skip prologue?

Joel Brobecker
2008-01-09T19:46:29Z

[quoting a bit more to give Eric more context]

On Wed, Jan 09, 2008 at 02:15:35PM -0500, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 09, 2008 at 11:10:49AM -0800, Jim Blandy wrote:
> > > [1]: I think we have made some progress with parameter/variable
> > > tracking with DWARF, but I think it's not activated by default
> > > and we also still support platforms where DWARF is not available.
> >
> > What is "not activated by default", exactly? Is it in GCC? In GDB?
> > Where in GDB?
>
> GCC does not generate the necessary location lists at -O0. Eric
> B. tried at one point; I don't remember if there were bugs, or just
> unacceptable bloat.

Eric? Can you remind us of what the problems were? I think it was
a combination of both...

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Joel