Re: [lto] [RFC] Design proposal for debug support in LTO

2008-12-29 Thread Mark Mitchell
Richard Guenther wrote: >> Hve you considered to just use DWARF and translate the DWARF debug >> info to a different format in LTRANS? For example, user wants stabs, >> LGEN generates DWARF, LTRANS reads in the DWARF, and dbxout is >> modified to translate the DWARF to stabs. > > +1 +2 This wa

Re: [lto] [RFC] Design proposal for debug support in LTO

2008-12-29 Thread Richard Guenther
On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 11:07 AM, Steven Bosscher wrote: > On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 8:03 PM, Cary Coutant wrote: >> Another approach is to generate the debug information earlier -- in >> the front-end. This approach would significantly alter the structure >> of the compiler and would be a major un

Re: [lto] [RFC] Design proposal for debug support in LTO

2008-12-24 Thread Steven Bosscher
On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 8:03 PM, Cary Coutant wrote: > Another approach is to generate the debug information earlier -- in > the front-end. This approach would significantly alter the structure > of the compiler and would be a major undertaking. Would it be more work than what you are proposing?