Gdb and debug symbol in pdb

Hi, folks! I've a question about using gdb on windows. I'm debugging a program produced by Microsoft compiler. It would be nice of GDB to understand debug symbols in Microsoft-specific debug format (PDB). Did anyone try to support this format in gdb? I know, it's private. But Microsoft provides a

Re[2]: Gdb and debug symbol in pdb

Perhaps implicit in Brian's response, there is little incentive for anyone to do this, since generation of .pdb by open source compilers will not be permitted. The obstacles to full functioning of .pdb with commercial 3rd party compilers are high enough. Certanly! .pdb doesn't documented