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Re: [WIP] New dwarf2 reader - updated 07-02-2001
- To: David B Anderson <davea at quasar dot engr dot sgi dot com>
- Subject: Re: [WIP] New dwarf2 reader - updated 07-02-2001
- From: Daniel Berlin <dan at cgsoftware dot com>
- Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2001 02:13:27 -0400
- Cc: gdb-patches at sources dot redhat dot com
- References: <200107312215.PAA40027@quasar.engr.sgi.com>
David B Anderson <davea@quasar.engr.sgi.com> writes:
> Daniel Berlin <dan@cgsoftware.com> writes:
>>Considering it was thought to be good enough for global duplicate
>>elimination by the DWARF2.1 committee, i think it's good enough for
>>us.
>
> Whoa! The DWARF committee did not vote on or recommend any
> particular method of checksumming. Such details are left to
> the implementation.
Of course.
However, it specifically mentions thinking of the gid as a digital
signature.
>
> davea@sgi.com
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