register name for DW_AT_frame_base value

A Dwarf interpretation question: We have a problem to make GCC-compiled code interact with the HP native debugger, and it looks like it is caused by the way the attribute DW_AT_frame_base is interpreted. Apparently, when a frame pointer can be found in a register, the value generated by GCC for t

Re: register name for DW_AT_frame_base value

Daniel Jacobowitz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > You may want to join the dwarf-discuss list, where this exact same > conversation is taking place - probably about the exact same > interaction. OK, thanks! -- Jerome

Ada character types : tree code and DW_AT_encoding

Hello, dwarf2out.c reads: [...] case CHAR_TYPE: /* GNU Pascal/Ada CHAR type. Not used in C. */ if (TREE_UNSIGNED (type)) encoding = DW_ATE_unsigned_char; else encoding = DW_ATE_signed_char; break; [...] The comment is wrong. In Ada, the tree code for

Re: Ada character types : tree code and DW_AT_encoding

Jim, Thank you for your answer ! James E Wilson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > I think it would be better if the language front ends switched to using > CHAR_TYPE for character types. Otherwise the debug output routines need > a lot of code to tell which integer types are actually character types, >