>> Next, I compiled a 5000-line C++ source file at both -O0 and -O2. > > I have to assume that David is working with C code, as stabs debugging > for C++ is nearly unusable.
I assumed that too, but I figured C++ would be worse than C as far as DWARF vs. stabs size. I'd still be interested to figure out what's causing that 11.5x expansion. -cary
