DWARF Debugging Standard Wiki

Discussions by the workgroup.

Comments by Chris Quenelle:

• 050808.2 Identify Main Function
• CQs To Do List
• DW AT linkage name
• DW FORM sec offset
• Discussion of CU blocks with global type info
• Discussion of Function Offset Flags
• Expression Operator For Constants
• Form Reform
• Implicit Flag Form
• Questions about ½/4/8
• Questions about Dwarf 32/64
• Treatment of incompatible changes

Comments by Michael Eager:

• Incompatible Change Policy

Comments by David Anderson

• Dwarf Version Numbers

Comments by Todd Allen

• CFI with Abbrevs

Comments by Cary Coutant

• Using COMDAT Sections to Reduce the Size of DWARF Debug Information
• Extending the DWARF Line Number Table to Support Profiling
• Adding Thread-Safety Annotations to DWARF for Use by Static/Dynamic Analysis Tools
• Debug Support for ICF (Identical Code Folding)
• Two-Level Line Number Tables

Comments by Kendrick Wong

• C++0x: R-value reference
• C++0x: Generalized constant expression / User-defined literal
• C++0x: Variadic templates
• C++0x: New string literals
• C++0x: Template Aliases
• C++0x: Strongly typed enumerations

: (The following C++0x features does not require changes to DWARF, but are included to show how the DWARF information may look like)

• C++0x: Lambda functions and expressions
• C++0x: Concepts
• C++0x: Null pointer
• C++0x: Type determination
• C++0x: Explicit conversion operators

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