Date: Mon, 6 Oct 1997 18:50:38 -0700 (PDT)
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To: Christopher Croughton <crough45 AT amc DOT de>
From: Nate Eldredge <eldredge AT ap DOT net>
Subject: Re: Bad debugging code for class functions in header
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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At 08:40  10/6/1997 +0100, Christopher Croughton wrote:
>Nate Eldredge wrote:
>> 
>> These are known limitations of DJGPP's COFF debugging format. A patch is
>> available to make GCC use `stabs' debugging instead, which lets you step
>> through code from include files. To use long doubles (which are also in C),
>> you need not only the stabs patch but also a small patch to GDB. Look at
>> www.delorie.com for these, or I can email them if necessary.
>
>Thanks.  I looked at the alternatives I tried it on, and Linux is using
>elf/stabs and the DEC Alpha is using 'ecoff', which is presumably an
>extended version of COFF.
Right.
>I can't find reference to the patches on www.delorie.com - doing a search
>on all the web pages tere for stabs resulted in only one reference, in
>the FAQ, which says that Robert Hoehne did some work with it but not
>where to get it.
Odd. Have you checked his home page? Oh well, I'll e-mail you the patches
anyway, they're small.
>I assume that I would need to recompile the compiler with the patches.  
>Does no-one have already patched versions on an FTP or web site?  If not,
>I'll get the sources, recompile and make it available on my web site (or
>is there some objection to that?).
PGCC uses stabs by default; there is that. And no, there's no problem with
you putting it available for download; in fact a lot of people might be pleased.

I have sent you the patches under separate cover.

Nate Eldredge
eldredge AT ap DOT net