Re: [Dwarf-discuss] Proposal: Allow padding in all tables

2024-01-19 Thread Robinson, Paul via Dwarf-discuss
> > ### .debug_abbrev > > > > In Section 7.5.3 "Abbreviations Tables" (p.207), at the end of the > section, add a new non-normative paragraph: > > > > *This table may be padded by adding an unused abbreviation entry. The > minimum number of bytes in an abbreviation entry is four (abbreviation > num

Re: [Dwarf-discuss] Proposal: Allow padding in all tables

2024-01-19 Thread David Anderson via Dwarf-discuss
On 1/19/24 06:51, Robinson, Paul via Dwarf-discuss wrote: Couldn't the abbrev table simply be padded with 0 bytes? Hmmm... that would appear to a dumper as a series of zero-length tables, I suppose? Would look funny in a dump but it could work. And would be a lot simpler for the producer of cour