Issue 181026.3: Don't forbid extensions to the dwp file
| Author: | Paul Robinson |
|---|---|
| Champion: | Jeremy Morse |
| Date submitted: | 2018-10-26 |
| Date revised: | 2023-07-05 |
| Date closed: | 2023-06-26 |
| Type: | Improvement |
| Status: | Accepted |
| DWARF version: | 6 |
Section 7.3.5, pg 190
Section 7.3.5, p.190, line 10 says a package file "consists only of" various things. Replace "consists only of" with "contains" to permit extensions.
As a very hypothetical example, this change permits a toolchain to link split DWARF into the executable file, instead of separate .dwo/.dwp files. This potentially simplifies split-DWARF management by permitting all .dwo/.dwp information to be kept in the .o/executable files. While this tactic does not provide any link-time improvements, it does provide the same improvements to debugger load time as the original split-DWARF mechanism, while allowing users to manage only one actual file (instead of an executable/.dwp pair of files).
2023-06-26: Accepted
