Re: Problems with ld and EXCL symbols in STABS

[Ian Lance Taylor]

Stig Petter Olsroed <address@hidden> writes:

> I think I have found a design weakness in the implementation of the
> EXCL stabs-symbol used to reduce the amount of debug information.

Thanks for the detailed report.  We know about this weakness.  The
algorithm used is compatible with the one used by the Solaris linker,
upon which this optimization is based.  The problem is very rare in
ordinary code--I've never heard a report that was not caused by
deliberate engineering.

> Have you considered makeing an option to turn off EXCL generation?

The option already exists: --traditional-format.

Ian