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Re: [RFA] stabs tweak -- forward reference types
- From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at false dot org>
- To: Michael Snyder <michsnyd at cisco dot com>
- Cc: gdb-patches at sources dot redhat dot com, jimb at redhat dot com, ezannoni at redhat dot com
- Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 16:30:43 -0500
- Subject: Re: [RFA] stabs tweak -- forward reference types
- References: <002a01c4c833$2030e8a0$5ca56b80@msnyder8600>
On Thu, Nov 11, 2004 at 01:12:12PM -0800, Michael Snyder wrote:
> Jim, Elena,
>
> There was a change about two years ago, related to G++ and derived classes.
> See "complain_about_struct_wipeout" for comments.
>
> I have evidence that this change was too aggressive, and that it sometimes
> interferes with the resolution of forward referenced struct pointer types.
> Unfortunately, I'm not having any luck constructing a small testcase.
Can you construct one just using .stabs directives? This is what
gdb.stabs (and gdb.dwarf2) are for.
--
Daniel Jacobowitz