> Other debug formats that I've seen represented large constant values by 
> encoding the constant value a sequence of bytes, in the target platform's 
> byte order. The number of bytes in the constant value is (at least) as long 
> as the length of the type of the named constant. This is very convenient for 
> the debugger because it does not need to figure out if it has to convert the 
> value of the named constant to some other format that matches its type.
>
> So, IMO, it would be nice if there was a DWARF form that allowed the length 
> and the raw bytes of the constant value to be encoded.

Isn't DW_FORM_block* the form you're looking for?

-cary
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