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Re: dwarf2-frame.c and sym_private
On Sun, Jun 22, 2003 at 11:23:59PM +0200, Mark Kettenis wrote:
> Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2003 12:52:35 -0400
> From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@mvista.com>
>
> The dwarf2-frame code blithely assumes that objfile->sym_private is
> always an FDE description. But nothing stops the file from having
> non-DWARF-2 debugging information, or no debugging information at
> all... would you mind if I switched it to use a new dwarf2-specific
> member of the objfile structure instead?
>
> I wouldn't mind, although I'm not sure whether adding debug
> format-specific members to the objfile structure is the right
> approach. Assuming that an object file won't contain unwind info in
> different formats, would adding a member for unwind info to the
> objfile structure be an option.
TBH, I don't think I like the assumption. It's pretty academic - right
now dwarf2 is the one we support - but we need to be flexible in the
face of really strange input files.
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Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software Debian GNU/Linux Developer