> On May 15, 2023, at 5:09 PM, Maciej W. Rozycki <ma...@orcam.me.uk> wrote:
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> ...
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> 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