[LLVMdev] memory hog llvm-ld

[Duncan Sands]

Hi Holger,

On Thursday 19 July 2007 12:57:40 Holger Schurig wrote:
> > LLVM represents debug info as explicit calls to intrinsics.
> > This approach has many advantages, but a possible disadvantage
> > is that it can significantly increase the size of the bitcode.
> > I don't know if that explains your observations.  I'm curious
> > to know how gcc stores debug info...
> 
> GCC stores debug info in ELF sections of the .o file, e.g.:

so does LLVM!  I meant, how does gcc store debug info before
it gets output to the object file, i.e. where does it live
during the optimization passes, and in what format?

Ciao,

Duncan.