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Re: Location Expression Parser (DWARF and other debug formats)
- From: Petr Sorfa <petrs at caldera dot com>
- To: Daniel Berlin <dberlin at dberlin dot org>
- Cc: Daniel Berlin <dan at dberlin dot org>, Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at mvista dot com>, Jim Blandy <jimb at redhat dot com>, gdb-patches at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 10:20:19 -0400
- Subject: Re: Location Expression Parser (DWARF and other debug formats)
- Organization: Caldera
- References: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0204252139160.8013-100000@dberlin.org>
Hi Daniel,
Thanks. I wasn't too sure if the patch was actually in.
I'll look at it soon.
Petr
> >
> > Just letting you know that I can devote some time to helping out with
> > the location expression parser for DWARF and the generic framework that
> > was proposed.
> >
> > What is the current status and is anything being currently done?
> The bulk of it is done.
> It needs some misc additions, but IMHO, it's ready for integration
> (which is why it's not marked as work in progress).
> Nobody has reviewed it yet.
> See http://sources.redhat.com/ml/gdb-patches/2002-04/msg00432.html
>
> I have finals until may 10th, and thus no time to work more on it until
> ten.
>
> Hopefully someone will look at it before then.
> >
> > Like I mentioned before I've implemented a DWARF3 specific location
> > expression parser for GDB which handles various odds and ends.
> >
> > The expressions that I currently support are located in:
> >
> > SYMBOL:
> > - data location
> >
> > TYPE:
> > - associated value
> > - allocated value
> > - array upper bound (array rangetype)
> > - array lower bound (array rangetype)
> > - array stride (array rangetype)
> >
> > Petr
> >