Geoffrey Keating wrote: > Daniel Berlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Tom Tromey wrote: >>>>>>>> "Devang" == Devang Patel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> Devang> This version removes internal radar numbers and replaces s/ >>> Devang> DW_AT_APPLE.../DW_AT_GNU... >>> >>> I read this. I'm not anywhere near an expert in dwarf or anything >>> related to this proposal, so please bear with me if I say something >>> dumb :-). >>> >>> I do have a few questions and concerns. >>> >>> >> In addition to Tom's concerns, it seems to me to be a *really bad idea* >> to try to come up with integer values for every single message, instead >> of just placing a string there. > > One issue here is that this interacts poorly with > internationalization. > No matter what you do, you'll need to have a > table of possible strings somewhere, so you might as well save space > by not putting it in every object file.
I believe this is a red herring. We control the debug output machinery generating this, and can simply tell it to only deal in one language. Trying to catalogue and assign a permanent place and number to every single optimization message a compiler can generate is a much much much worse idea, IMHO.
