Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!us.feeder.erje.net!news.linkpendium.com!news.linkpendium.com!news.iecc.com!.POSTED!nerds-end From: Charles Newsgroups: comp.compilers Subject: Learning about Dwarf Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 10:34:38 -0800 (PST) Organization: Compilers Central Lines: 7 Sender: johnl@iecc.com Approved: comp.compilers@iecc.com Message-ID: <13-11-014@comp.compilers> NNTP-Posting-Host: news.iecc.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: leila.iecc.com 1384619573 22161 64.57.183.58 (16 Nov 2013 16:32:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@iecc.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2013 16:32:53 +0000 (UTC) Keywords: debug, question Posted-Date: 16 Nov 2013 11:32:53 EST X-submission-address: compilers@iecc.com X-moderator-address: compilers-request@iecc.com X-FAQ-and-archives: http://compilers.iecc.com Xref: csiph.com comp.compilers:1038 I am starting with toy compilers (on Sparc producing assembler) and I wish to include debugging information from the start. My compiler books have precious little about that. Where do I start? (I read Michael Eager's nice little tutorial+history on dwarfstd.org.) There are the dwarf writers in gcc and lcc and others but is there anything less daunting to start from? Charles