[Dwarf-Discuss] FTA information (was Dwarf-Discuss Digest, Vol 30, Issue 2)

Cary Coutant ccoutant@gmail.com
Mon Nov 23 19:09:45 GMT 2009


> -fvar-tracking
> ? ? ? ?Run variable tracking pass. It computes where variables are
> ? ? ? ?stored at each position in code. Better debugging information is
> ? ? ? ?then generated (if the debugging information format supports
> ? ? ? ?this information).

With location lists. Without this pass, gcc doesn't keep track of the
information as accurately. It's just improving the
quality-of-implementation.

-cary




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