> On May 15, 2023, at 5:09 PM, Maciej W. Rozycki <ma...@orcam.me.uk> wrote:
> 
> ...
> 
> I may choose to implement a non-DWARF unwinder instead, as the VAX stack 
> frame is always fully described by the hardware and there is never ever a 
> need for debug information to be able to decode any VAX stack frame (the 
> RET machine instruction uses the stack frame information to restore the 
> previous PC, FP, SP, AP and any static registers saved by CALLS).

That would make sense; it's like the heuristic unwinder found in some other 
targets (I remember the MIPS one, which worked fairly well and allowed 
debugging without useable debug data).

        paul

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