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Re: [PATCH] Accept DWARF 3-format debug info
> Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 08:25:33 -0400
> From: Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@codesourcery.com>
> Cc: Jim Blandy <jimb@codesourcery.com>, julian@codesourcery.com,
> gdb-patches@sourceware.org
>
> On Fri, Jun 09, 2006 at 10:28:07AM +0300, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > In this case, what will happen when GDB sees a DWARF-3 feature it
> > doesn't yet support? I think we should make sure it displays a
> > warning message, instead of throwing an internal error (or some
> > similar fatal reaction).
>
> Same thing that happens when we see a DWARF-2 feature we don't support
> ;-)
Which is -- what? (I really don't know.)
> GCC is actually a DWARF-3 producer in almost all ways. It just didn't
> bump the version number, to avoid upsetting consumers, since most of
> the changes are forwards-compatible.
Well, the same reasons GCC had to avoid upsetting consumers might be
relevant for us as well, don't you think?