[llvm-commits] [llvm] r89487 - /llvm/trunk/lib/CodeGen/AsmPrinter/DwarfDebug.cpp

[Devang Patel]

On Nov 21, 2009, at 7:18 AM, Chris Lattner wrote:

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> On Nov 20, 2009, at 1:05 PM, Devang Patel wrote:
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>> Author: dpatel
>> Date: Fri Nov 20 15:05:37 2009
>> New Revision: 89487
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>> URL: http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project?rev=89487&view=rev
>> Log:
>> There is no need to emit source location info for  
>> DW_TAG_pointer_type.
>
> This seems like a strange special case.  Why are pointers special  
> here?

Usually, one pointer type is used many places and FEs do not preserve  
separate locations for each instance. GCC does not emit location info  
here. If we get precise location  info from FE then it makes sense to  
include location info here.
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Devang