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Re: [PATCH 1/4] Prefer symtab symbol over minsym for function names in non-contiguous blocks
>> GDB is prefering this minsym over the the name provided by the
>> DWARF info due to some really old code in GDB which handles
>> "certain pathological cases". See the first big block comment
>> in find_frame_funname for more information.
Pedro> Yuck!
>> I considered removing the code for this corner case entirely, but it
>> seems as though it might still be useful, so I left it intact.
Pedro> Yeah, I'd be inclined to try removing it too. The comment
Pedro> smells of a.out or stabs limitations. But I'm not 100% sure,
Pedro> and I'm sympathetic with forward incremental progress.
That code dates to the creation of the sourceware repository.
I think it could be deleted. And, if it's still a bug somehow, it seems
better to fix it some other way, and not let stabs and/or a.out
weirdness into the generic code.
Tom