[PATCH] D120989: Support debug info for alias variable

[David Blaikie via Phabricator via cfe-commits]

dblaikie added a comment.

In D120989#3362912 <https://reviews.llvm.org/D120989#3362912>, @kavitha-natarajan wrote:

> In D120989#3362491 <https://reviews.llvm.org/D120989#3362491>, @dblaikie wrote:
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>> In D120989#3362490 <https://reviews.llvm.org/D120989#3362490>, @dblaikie wrote:
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>>> Broad question about debug info for aliases: How's this proposed solution compare/contrast to GCC's behavior?
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>> Aaand, I see that was described in thhe patch description. Sorry for not reading...
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>> Right, paging in all the context - this review hinges on whether gdb/lldb can handle/be made to handle this sort of debug info correctly.
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> I have posted a gdb patch to handle this change for review:
> https://sourceware.org/pipermail/gdb-patches/2022-March/186329.html
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> lldb can handle this debug info correctly.

Thanks for the details - can you ping this thread once the gdb thread has progressed/seems like it's moving in this direction?


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