[llvm-dev] RFC: Introduce DW_OP_LLVM_memory to describe variables in memory with dbg.value

Robinson, Paul via llvm-dev llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org
Wed Sep 6 11:14:10 PDT 2017


>> So, whether we want to start throwing around deref or stack_value or
>> regx (implicit or explicit) really depends on whether we are going to
>> be using value expressions or location expressions.  Let's not start
>> mixing them up, it will just make the discussion more confusing.
>
> Where do non-location DWARF expressions appear?

For things that might or might not be constants.  I have used non-location
DWARF expressions to describe bounds for variable-size arrays.  I can 
imagine using them for constexpr situations as well.
--paulr



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