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

Wu Zhou
2006-02-24T02:34:01Z

On Mon, 20 Feb 2006, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:

> 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?

Yes. Good point. It is time to do that. But I am not sure how to
re-open the deferred issue with the DWARF group. I just sent out a mail
to ask how. Hopefully someone can reply quickly.

BTW. Anyone have any comments about using DW_AT_GNU_main first in GNU
tools? I still like this idea. We don't need to wait for DWARF group's
decision, which might be long.

Regards
- Wu Zhou