On April 8, 2021 1:17:53 AM GMT+02:00, David Edelsohn <dje....@gmail.com> wrote: >On Tue, Apr 6, 2021 at 6:34 AM Richard Biener via Gcc <gcc@gcc.gnu.org> >wrote: >> >> On Mon, Apr 5, 2021 at 10:56 PM Simon Marchi via Gcc ><gcc@gcc.gnu.org> wrote: >> > >> > On 2021-04-05 3:36 p.m., Jim Wilson wrote:> On Sat, Apr 3, 2021 at >6:24 PM Simon Marchi via Gcc <gcc@gcc.gnu.org <mailto:gcc@gcc.gnu.org>> >wrote: >> > > >> > > The default debug format (when using only -g) for the AVR >target is >> > > stabs. Is there a reason for it not being DWARF, and would >it be >> > > possible to maybe consider possibly thinking about making it >default to >> > > DWARF? I am asking because the support for stabs in GDB is >pretty much >> > > untested and bit-rotting, so I think it would be more useful >for >> > > everyone to use DWARF. >> > > >> > > >> > > I tried to deprecate the stabs support a little over 4 years ago. >> > > >https://gcc.gnu.org/pipermail/gcc-patches/2017-December/489296.html ><https://gcc.gnu.org/pipermail/gcc-patches/2017-December/489296.html> >> > > There was a suggestion to change the error to a warning, but my >startup company job kept me so busy I never had a chance to follow up >on this. >> > > >> > > I would like to see the stabs support deprecated and the later >removed from gcc. No new features have been added in a long time, and >it is only being maintained in the sense that when it fails it is fixed >to ignore source code constructs that it doesn't support. The longer >it survives in this state, the less useful it becomes. >> > > >> > > Jim >> > >> > You have 100% my suppose on this. The longer stabs survives >(especially >> > as the default for an arch), the longer some people who don't know >the >> > intricacies of debug formats could use it without knowing, and that >> > does them a disservice. >> >> Patches to kill STABS (and related/derived formats) are pre-approved >for stage1. > >AIX continues to use and support STABS, although it is transitioning >to DWARF. If this is intended as a general statement about removal of >STABS support in GCC,
Yes, it is. Richard. it is premature. > >Thanks, David
