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From: Kevin Buettner <kevinb@redhat.com>
To: gdb@sources.redhat.com
Subject: Re: DW_OP_piece coming in gcc 3.4
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 05:52:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040129225153.19a9fce5@saguaro> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040130052757.301704B104@berman.michael-chastain.com>

On Fri, 30 Jan 2004 00:27:57 -0500 (EST)
mec.gnu@mindspring.com (Michael Elizabeth Chastain) wrote:

> I'm getting this with gcc-3_4-branch -gdwarf-2:
> 
>   (gdb) PASS: gdb.base/store.exp: up print old l - longest
>   print r^M
>   Unhandled dwarf expression opcode 0x93^M
>   (gdb) FAIL: gdb.base/store.exp: up print old r - longest
> 
> We need a strategic decision:
> 
> (1) Implement DW_OP_piece in time for gdb 6.1.
> (2) Ask gcc to not emit DW_OP_piece in gcc 3.4.
> (3) File a PR (or tag onto PR gdb/1312 but that's not really right),
>     KFAIL the tests, add a note to PROBLEMS.
> 
> I don't know which strategy is good for gdb.
> 
> What will it be?

The "right" thing is to get DW_OP_piece support into gdb (#1).  I'm
firmly against #2.  #3 may be an acceptable as a short term solution,
but I'm none too fond of it either.

So, I vote for #1.

Kevin


  reply	other threads:[~2004-01-30  5:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-01-30  5:27 Michael Elizabeth Chastain
2004-01-30  5:52 ` Kevin Buettner [this message]
2004-01-30 15:06   ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2004-02-06 16:30 Fred Fish
2004-02-06 16:36 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2004-02-16 19:25 ` Andrew Cagney
2004-02-16 19:42   ` Fred Fish
2004-02-17  7:39     ` Andreas Jaeger
2004-02-17 15:11       ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2004-02-18  6:42         ` Fred Fish

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