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Re: [RFA/dwarf] Eliminate dwarf2_tmp_obstack
- From: mec dot gnu at mindspring dot com (Michael Elizabeth Chastain)
- To: drow at false dot org, mec dot gnu at mindspring dot com
- Cc: eliz at gnu dot org, ezannoni at redhat dot com,gdb-patches at sources dot redhat dot com, jimb at redhat dot com
- Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 14:33:22 -0400 (EDT)
- Subject: Re: [RFA/dwarf] Eliminate dwarf2_tmp_obstack
> No. It was a parenthetical comment. It has nothing to do with any
> submitted patch.
Okay, I can go back in my cave then. :)
> I do not know of any Linux distribution which changed the default to
> dwarf2.
The gdb doco recommends that people use dwarf-2 over stabs+
for c++ support and for macro support. But I'm getting far afield
here.
mec> My personal estimate/opinion is that gdb HEAD can drop support for gcc 2
mec> some time around October 2005.
drow> "Making the test results worse" is a far cry from "dropping support".
That's true. I'm just personally obsessed with gcc 2.
Michael C