[Dwarf-discuss] Proposal: Clarify Description of Line Table Compression

This is a proposal to clarify the description of line table compression, all in non-normative text. Added as Issue 240320.2 . -cary ## Background Technically, the DWARF spec doesn't really describe the compression technique used for line table rows cor

Re: [Dwarf-discuss] Proposal: Add Local and Indirect Strings to Name Index

> > Over on the generic-abi mailing list, Fang-Rui Song recently proposed a > new compressed relocation format for ELF, motivated in part by the number > of relocations for string in the .debug_names tables. Regardless of the > resolution of that proposal, some simple changes to the DWARF spec coul

[Dwarf-discuss] Proposal: Add Local and Indirect Strings to Name Index

Over on the generic-abi mailing list, Fang-Rui Song recently proposed a new compressed relocation format for ELF, motivated in part by the number of relocations for string in the .debug_names tables. Regardless of the resolution of that proposal, some simple changes to the DWARF spec could help eli

Re: [Dwarf-discuss] Proposal: Describe prologue and epilogue ranges

On Tue, 19 Mar 2024 at 10:44, Robinson, Paul wrote: > > > Andrew Cagney wrote: > > > > A single location description (which can be either simple or composite > > > location descriptions) has the lifetime of its closest containing scope. > > > The case we care about here is when that scope is a sub