[LLVMbugs] [Bug 11710] New: -fno-eliminate-unused-debug-types is not supported by clang (or llvm-gcc)

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http://llvm.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=11710

             Bug #: 11710
           Summary: -fno-eliminate-unused-debug-types is not supported by
                    clang (or llvm-gcc)
           Product: new-bugs
           Version: trunk
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P
         Component: new bugs
        AssignedTo: unassignedbugs at nondot.org
        ReportedBy: nallegra at apple.com
                CC: llvmbugs at cs.uiuc.edu
    Classification: Unclassified


It is possible to instruct GCC to produce debugging information for all defined
types, even if they are unused, by passing -fno-eliminate-unused-debug-types. 
For example, this can be used to get information about the structures defined
in an include file:

gcc-4.2 -fno-eliminate-unused-debug-types -gdwarf-2 -include
/usr/include/mach-o/loader.h -x c /dev/null -c -o /tmp/output.o

There is also the option -gfull which, according to gcc's man page, "emits
debugging information for all symbols and types", but for some reason this does
not produce the same effect.

clang does not support -fno-eliminate-unused-debug-types; llvm-gcc accepts it,
but appears to ignore it.  clang maps -gfull to -g
-fno-eliminate-unused-debug-symbols, but doesn't do anything with the latter.

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