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Re: -g and -O2

To: chaz at devastator dot extern dot ucsd dot edu
Subject: Re: -g and -O2
From: Peter Barada <pbarada at wavemark dot com>
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 15:26:17 -0500
CC: crossgcc at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
References: <200003202008.MAA25842@devastator.extern.ucsd.edu>


>Does throwing -g on the gcc command line affect optimization in any way?
>Is there any reason at all not to use -g even in release builds of
>embedded code where only the .text and .data sections will get burned
>into flash anyway?  Thanks for your thoughts...

Nope.

I've released embedded code with -g, and it makes .elf file a lot
larger with the .stabs section added in, but it doesn't change the
code in the .text segment.  What's really nice is that I can attach
gdb to the product and debug/verify any problems that (hopefully
don't) show up.

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