From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 15811 invoked by alias); 27 Jan 2010 19:39:03 -0000 Received: (qmail 15803 invoked by uid 22791); 27 Jan 2010 19:39:03 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mx1.redhat.com (HELO mx1.redhat.com) (209.132.183.28) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:38:58 +0000 Received: from int-mx02.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx02.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.12]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id o0RJcuqS020661 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:38:56 -0500 Received: from ns3.rdu.redhat.com (ns3.rdu.redhat.com [10.11.255.199]) by int-mx02.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id o0RJcthF024724; Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:38:56 -0500 Received: from opsy.redhat.com (ovpn01.gateway.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.9.1]) by ns3.rdu.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id o0RJctTX016328; Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:38:55 -0500 Received: by opsy.redhat.com (Postfix, from userid 500) id A830937819A; Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:38:54 -0700 (MST) From: Tom Tromey To: Mitar Cc: gdb@sourceware.org Subject: Re: Custom call frame description References: Reply-To: tromey@redhat.com Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:39:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: (Mitar's message of "Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:33:42 +0100") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2010-01/txt/msg00200.txt.bz2 >>>>> "Mitar" =3D=3D Mitar writes: Tom> The subrange type defines the range of the array, not the type of the Tom> array's elements. =C2=A0See the DWARF spec for stuff like this; I foun= d the Tom> answer by just searching for DW_TAG_subrange_type. Mitar> The subrange entry may have a DW_AT_type attribute to describe Mitar> the type of object, called the basis type, of whose values this Mitar> subrange is a subset. Mitar> And from that I understand that it is meant to describe a base type = of Mitar> an array, that is a type of an each element. I can see why you might think that, but I don't think that is the correct interpretation. The DW_TAG_subrange_type describes the range of array indices, like 0..4. Therefore the base type of the subrange is an integer. The type of elements of the array is described by a different attribute. Tom