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Re: [RFC] Detecting and printing 128-bit long double values for PPC


> This is "the ABI-defined long double type", which GDB distinguishes
> from "the debug info describing long double".  I suppose you could
> come up with a way to distinguish binaries based on what their debug
> info has to say about it, if it mentions long double anywhere.

The idea could be that in case a different type is defined in the debug
info than it's in the DWARF info, GDB would stick with what the debug
info says instead.

But then we would rely on debugging info for performing type
identification. What about debugging running processes that do not have
explicit debug info?

Regards,
Luis


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