From: Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>
To: Jim Blandy <jimb@codesourcery.com>
Cc: gdb@sourceware.org
Subject: Re: Problems while debugging fortran
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 20:24:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20071025202406.GC4063@adacore.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m3tzof9eqq.fsf@codesourcery.com>
> Here's a revised comment that may explain what's going on better:
>
> /* DWARF doesn't provide a way to identify a program's source-level
> entry point. DW_AT_calling_convention attributes are only meant
> to describe functions' calling conventions.
>
> However, because it's a necessary piece of information in
> Fortran, and because DW_CC_program is the only piece of debugging
> information whose definition refers to a 'main program' at all,
> several compilers have begun marking Fortran main programs with
> DW_CC_program --- even when those functions use the standard
> calling conventions.
>
> So until DWARF specifies a way to provide this information and
> compilers pick up the new representation, we'll support this
> practice. */
I think that's a great comment. Let's use that one.
--
Joel
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-10-25 20:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-10-25 16:07 François-Xavier Coudert
2007-10-25 17:06 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2007-10-25 18:44 ` Jim Blandy
2007-10-25 19:01 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2007-10-25 19:27 ` Jim Blandy
2007-10-25 20:24 ` Joel Brobecker [this message]
2007-10-25 20:36 ` Carlos Eduardo Seo
2007-10-25 20:41 ` Joel Brobecker
[not found] ` <4721034D.2060502@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2007-11-13 17:45 ` Problems while debugging fortran -- DWARF Michael Eager
2007-10-25 20:55 ` Problems while debugging fortran Andreas Schwab
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2007-09-15 11:37 Carlos Eduardo Seo
2007-09-20 19:47 ` Joel Brobecker
2007-09-20 20:46 ` Carlos Eduardo Seo
2007-09-20 20:56 ` Joel Brobecker
2007-09-21 6:52 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2007-09-26 21:46 ` Carlos Eduardo Seo
2007-09-26 21:51 ` Pierre Muller
2007-09-26 21:51 ` Joel Brobecker
2007-10-24 16:20 ` Carlos Eduardo Seo
2007-10-24 19:33 ` Joel Brobecker
2007-10-24 19:57 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2007-10-24 20:16 ` Carlos Eduardo Seo
2007-10-24 21:56 ` Carlos Eduardo Seo
2007-09-23 2:52 ` Carlos Eduardo Seo
2007-09-24 10:01 ` Joel Brobecker
2007-09-24 23:49 ` Carlos Eduardo Seo
2007-09-25 1:29 ` Joel Brobecker
2007-09-25 17:34 ` Carlos Eduardo Seo
2007-09-26 6:29 ` Joel Brobecker
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