Re: [RFA 2/4] dwarf2_physname

[Tom Tromey <tromey at redhat dot com>]

>>>>> "Frank" == Frank Ch Eigler <fche@redhat.com> writes:

>> [...]  This work won't help with existing code, though, because it
>> relies on indices we don't have access to (even if we use the
>> standard DWARF ones, those are unusable with older versions of
>> GCC). [...]

Frank> Could gdb generate those indices for executables without them,
Frank> and save them someplace (perhaps even within the executable)?

It would be possible.  I'm not sure I would want gdb to do this, though.
A separate program to do it seems more appropriate.

Tom