Re: Branch created for inter-compilation-unit references

Daniel Jacobowitz
2004-02-26T19:28:45Z

On Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 02:24:46PM -0500, Andrew Cagney wrote:
> >On Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 08:30:56AM +0200, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> >
> >>>It's not more important in general, but since we are preparing to cut
> >>>the 6.1 branch in a few days, DW_OP_piece might be a good thing to do
> >>>now, while delaying intercu-branch merge till after the release.
> >>>It's a question of timing, not of an abstract importance.
> >
> >
> >Then both you and Andrew underestimate the intrusiveness of DW_OP_piece
> >support.
>
> (I can't speak for Elena) I think I've got a pretty good feel for how
> much work is involved in finishing (rather than prototyping) something
> like this. Thats why I'm making noises about a DW_OP_piece hack for 6.1.

I haven't heard any of these noises? In any case I don't think it's a
particularly good idea, unless all you mean is handling the resulting
error() call so that it doesn't abort symbol reading.

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Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software Debian GNU/Linux Developer