[fpc-devel] Dwarf-3 (was: Debuginfo for dynamic arrays)

[Florian Klämpfl]

Am 24.01.2016 um 15:20 schrieb Martin:
> On 24/01/2016 14:06, Martin Schreiber wrote:
>> Hi,
>> For a "array of integer" type variable FPC 32bit stabs returns for gdb "ptype"
>> command
>> "
>> type = ^(array [0..-1] of LONGINT)
>> ".
>> MSEide uses this info to fetch the itemcount and item memory and to show the
>> array  items in watches window.
>> FPC 64bit dwarf "ptype" returns
>> "
>> type = ^LONGINT
>> ".
>> How can we identify a dynamic array with FPC dwarf?
>>
> 
> If I remember correctly then you can do (after you got above result)
>    ptype foo^
> or if foo is an expression ptype (foo)^
> and this will return an array as ptype.
> 

Dwarf-3 can handle dyn. arrays much better. What do you think about switching the default dwarf
level from 2 to 3?