> On Oct 10, 2024, at 9:31 AM, Todd Allen via Dwarf-discuss > <dwarf-discuss@lists.dwarfstd.org> wrote: > > Adrian, > > This usage of DW_AT_specification seems very different from other uses > of DW_AT_specification, where it's indicating that the current DIE is a > completion of a forward declaration at the referenced DIE. This usage > is a bit closer to a "renames", but it isn't even quite that. I suggest > not attempting to use DW_AT_specification for this case, and just > inventing a new attribute. > > Todd
From the spec: > A debugging information entry that represents a declaration that completes > another (earlier) non-defining declaration may have a DW_AT_specification > attribute whose value is a reference to the debugging information entry > representing the non-defining declaration. You are right that this doesn't fit because in the property use-case we don't complete a forward declaration, we just refer to it. > A debugging information entry with a > DW_AT_specification attribute does not need to duplicate information provided > by the debugging information entry referenced by that specification attribute. This behavior is something I want though. I'll replace it with a new attribute for now. thanks, Adrian -- Dwarf-discuss mailing list Dwarf-discuss@lists.dwarfstd.org https://lists.dwarfstd.org/mailman/listinfo/dwarf-discuss
