-g with -native
Matthew Fluet
fluet@CS.Cornell.EDU
Thu, 9 Nov 2000 14:21:27 -0500 (EST)
> The -Wa,--gstabs introduces one slight problem. You want to do it if you get
> a .s file from the native back end, but you probably don't want to do that if
> the .s file comes from another source. (I.e., I could have my own library
> routines written in assembler.)
Correct. Although, I doubt many people would use MLton as a compiler for
their assembly libraries.
> What kinds of stabs information does the -Wa,--gstabs actually put in? Line
> number stuff? Local symbols? Any thing else?
Certainly line number stuff. That's what I've used it for in debugging.
I don't know if there is anything else specifically added by the --gstabs
option.