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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@delorie.com>
To: dan@cgsoftware.com
Cc: jtc@redback.com, gdb@sourceware.cygnus.com,
	binutils@sourceware.cygnus.com
Subject: Re: stabs vs. dwarf-2 for C programs
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 23:37:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200104130637.CAA07371@delorie.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m2y9t5y0ej.fsf@dynamic-addr-83-177.resnet.rochester.edu>

> From: Daniel Berlin <dan@cgsoftware.com>
> Date: 12 Apr 2001 22:54:44 -0400
> 
> jtc@redback.com (J.T. Conklin) writes:
> 
> > In general, are there any advantages for using dwarf-2 over 
> > stabs debugging symbols for C (not C++) programs?
> 
> Unless you want optimized code debugging, only space savings
> (theoretical, of course, right now. For C, anyway).

I _always_ debug optimized code (I think doing otherwise is not wise,
to put it gently).  What are the advantages of dwarf2 for debugging
optimized C code?


  reply	other threads:[~2001-04-12 23:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-04-12 19:13 J.T. Conklin
2001-04-12 19:17 ` Christopher Faylor
2001-04-12 19:31   ` J.T. Conklin
2001-04-12 19:59     ` Daniel Berlin
2001-04-13  7:13       ` John Haller
2001-04-13  8:09         ` Daniel Berlin
2001-04-13 16:18           ` Ian Lance Taylor
2001-04-13 18:39             ` Daniel Berlin
2001-04-13 20:22               ` Ian Lance Taylor
2001-04-13 22:01                 ` Daniel Berlin
2001-04-13 22:19                   ` Ian Lance Taylor
2001-04-13 22:37                     ` DJ Delorie
2001-04-13 23:31                     ` Daniel Berlin
2001-04-13 23:47                       ` Daniel Berlin
2001-04-13 23:51                       ` Ian Lance Taylor
2001-04-13 22:56                   ` Daniel Berlin
2001-04-13 23:40                     ` Ian Lance Taylor
2001-04-13 23:55                   ` Todd Whitesel
2001-04-12 19:55 ` Daniel Berlin
2001-04-12 23:37   ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2001-04-13  8:13     ` Daniel Berlin
2001-04-12 22:00 ` Geoff Keating
2001-04-12 22:37   ` Daniel Berlin

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