[cfe-dev] PATCH: Mangled Var name in Metadata.

[Sanjiv Gupta]

Devang Patel wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 4:05 AM, Sanjiv Gupta
> <sanjiv.gupta at microchip.com> wrote:
>   
>> If a target has changed the variable name , it is not currently reflected in
>> Debug Info Metadata. The attached patch gets the name from Var rather than
>> the Decl, let me know if it is the right thing to do.
>>
>>     
>
> OK, go ahead.
> I'm curious, why and how would target change global variable name ?
>
> -
> Devang
>   
PIC16 does.
It converts local vars to globals and mangle their names to avoid collision.
so main () { int a; }  becomes main.a

- Sanjiv




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