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Re: [RFC] Use DW_CC_program to indicate Fortran main subroutine

From: Daniel Berlin <dberlin at dberlin dot org>
To: Jim Blandy <jimb at red-bean dot com>
Cc: Wu Zhou <woodzltc at cn dot ibm dot com>, gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org, gdb-patches at sourceware dot org, pinskia at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 09:13:02 -0500
Subject: Re: [RFC] Use DW_CC_program to indicate Fortran main subroutine
References: <Pine.LNX.4.63.0511211220260.28728@linux.site> <20051121051017.GA12030@nevyn.them.org> <8f2776cb0511202328r51f03b30jdb1ac7d067ecd43c@mail.gmail.com>

On Sun, 2005-11-20 at 23:28 -0800, Jim Blandy wrote:
> I don't want to stand in the way of solving the Java and Fortran "find
> the main program" problems, but when you look at the description of
> DW_AT_calling_convention, it seems to me like that attribute is more
> concerned with telling you how to assemble arguments to pass to the
> function, and not so much with describing the overall structure of the
> executable.

Exactly.

> 
> I don't see any other attribute that is more appropriate.

Hence, we should make one, as we've done in other cases.

References:
- [RFC] Use DW_CC_program to indicate Fortran main subroutine
  - From: Wu Zhou
- Re: [RFC] Use DW_CC_program to indicate Fortran main subroutine
  - From: Daniel Jacobowitz
- Re: [RFC] Use DW_CC_program to indicate Fortran main subroutine
  - From: Jim Blandy

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