If I'm following correctly, Alexandre - you're suggesting a situation where
an instance of a type, when it appears within a packed struct, may become
smaller than it would otherwise be? (usually in C that's not the case -
packing only changes the alignment of instances of the type - which may
On Jun 15, 2024, Ron Brender wrote:
>> Because of the different sizes, this requires two distinct types to be
>> defined in debug info.
> There is no basis for this claim AFAIK.
DW_TAG_subrange_type may have a DW_AT_(byte|bit)_size attribute "if the
amount of storage allocated to hold each
>Consider a type that is a subrange of an integral base type, with an
>explicitly specified bit size smaller than the bit width of a storage
>unit.
>
>When used for a standalone variable, its byte size is the same as that
>of the base type, i.e., the type is padded to a whole unit.
The variable's
Consider a type that is a subrange of an integral base type, with an
explicitly specified bit size smaller than the bit width of a storage
unit.
When used for a standalone variable, its byte size is the same as that
of the base type, i.e., the type is padded to a whole unit.
However, when used
