From: groepaz (groepaz_at_gmx.net)
Date: 2001-05-23 11:10:17
Hello Ullrich, Wednesday, May 23, 2001, 10:39:41 AM, you wrote: UvB> On Wed, May 23, 2001 at 09:17:33AM +0100, Aidan Thomas Dixon wrote: >> The STABS format is common enough for some purposes: try this as a starting >> point. UvB> Thanks a lot! The web page is an interesing read. UvB> However, it seems to me that the stabs format is not exactly what I was UvB> searching for. It describes debug information plus data flow from the compiler UvB> through the assembler and linker to the executable, and it covers features for UvB> several different source languages. While it is quite a capable format, it UvB> seems to be overkill for a small compiler like cc65, especially since source UvB> debuggers are quite rare (unknown?) for this platform. Anyway, I will have a UvB> thoroughful look at it. I'm pretty sure that I can learn something. UvB> Regards UvB> Uz if i were you, i'd grab some ELF read/write routines from the web and then add COFF/ELF output to your compiler..... while i guess the format itself is somewhat overkill for cc65 aswell, it won't hurt to support it either ;) and the good thing, a whole fuckin lot of gcc/gnu binutils will all of a sudden work with these files just fine ;) i guess you could even use the gnu linker then...... and with some effort one could even write a module for gdb ..... (dreaming... ;D) -- Best regards, groepaz mailto:groepaz_at_gmx.net ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list send mail to majordomo_at_musoftware.de with the string "unsubscribe cc65" in the body(!) of the mail.
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