[Bug gdb/15102] New: dwarf/regression: array index treated as signedbyte, when specified unsigned byte (leads to [0..-n])

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http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15102

             Bug #: 15102
           Summary: dwarf/regression: array index treated as signed byte,
                    when specified unsigned byte (leads to [0..-n])
           Product: gdb
           Version: 7.5
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: gdb
        AssignedTo: unassigned@sourceware.org
        ReportedBy: gdb.bugs@mfriebe.de
    Classification: Unclassified


This issue is present in GDB 7.3, gdb 7.4, gdb 7.5
It was not present in 7.2

Compile using free-pascal (-gw creates dwarf 2)
   fpc.exe -gw Array.pas

program Foo;
type TByteArray = array[0..191] of integer;
var a: TByteArray;
begin
  a[1] := 0;
end.

execute in gdb:
  ptype TByteArray

type = array [0..-65] of SMALLINT

But it should be 0..191

OBJDUMP -w shows

 <2><95>: Abbrev Number: 6 (DW_TAG_subrange_type)
    <96>   DW_AT_lower_bound : 0
    <97>   DW_AT_upper_bound : 191
    <99>   DW_AT_stride      : 2
    <9a>   DW_AT_type        : <0xc3>

 <1><c3>: Abbrev Number: 4 (DW_TAG_typedef)
    <c4>   DW_AT_name        : BYTE
    <c9>   DW_AT_type        : <0xcd>
 <1><cd>: Abbrev Number: 8 (DW_TAG_base_type)
    <ce>   DW_AT_name        : BYTE
    <d3>   DW_AT_encoding    : 7        (unsigned)
    <d4>   DW_AT_byte_size   : 1


The basetype is clearly marked unsigned.

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