Re: [Dwarf-Discuss] Resend Encoding large constant values - Conclusion

2012-09-18 Thread Tommy Hoffner
ng more sizes to the standard. So I will not suggest any changes to the standard for this for now. Tommy Hoffner Compiler Backend Development IBM Toronto Laboratory, 8200 Warden Ave, Markham, Ontario, Canada, L6G 1C7 Tel: 905-413-2036Tie: 313-2036Internet: thoff...@ca.ibm.com John DelSignore

[Dwarf-Discuss] Resend Encoding large constant values

2012-09-16 Thread Tommy Hoffner
rpreted as a constant I got the suggestion to use DW_FORM_sdata or DW_FORM_udata, since that will make the part I'm having trouble with unambigious, but it feel strange, since it isn't even obvious which encoding it the "right one" since signed and unsigned doesn't rea

[Dwarf-Discuss] Resend Encoding large constant values

2012-09-16 Thread Tommy Hoffner
Seems like the mailing list cut my first attempt in half. The standard way of encoding a constant value seems to be something like: <2>< 196> DW_TAG_constant DW_AT_name rans2 DW_AT_const_value 16 DW_AT_decl_file

[Dwarf-Discuss] Encoding large constant values

2012-09-14 Thread Tommy Hoffner
The standard way of encoding a constant value seems to be something like: <2>< 196> DW_TAG_constant DW_AT_name rans2 DW_AT_const_value 16 DW_AT_decl_file 1 DW_AT_decl_line 0