[Dwarf-discuss] Ordering of DW_OP_piece pieces

Michael Eager eager
Wed Apr 6 02:39:21 GMT 2005


Jim Blandy wrote:
> Does the standard explain what order DW_OP_piece pieces appear in?
> 
> Specifically, do pieces appear in order of increasing address, were
> the value to be entirely stored in memory, or in order of significance
> (least / most significant first)?  Given that "more significant" and
> "less significant" aren't meaningful terms for values like structures,
> I'd expect the pieces to appear in memory order, but I can't find
> anything that specifies that.
> 
> This seems to be in the same vein as issue 031203.1:
> http://dwarf.freestandards.org/ShowIssue.php?issue=031002.1

Want to suggest some clarifying text?

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