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Re: [PATCH RFA] DWARF v2.1 64-bit support


Kevin Buettner wrote:
> 
> I am working on a project which required me to add support for the
> DWARF version 2.1 64-bit format.

Cool!

> The DWARF 2 draft document that I based these changes on is at:

Just one nit: just in case the 2.1 drafting effort stalls or
disintegrates, add a comment in the code somewhere that this
change is based on a draft spec, and date it.  As I know a
number of people have experienced, code that is based on an
unofficial and/or unavailable specification gets real mysterious
a couple years later!

Stan

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