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Re:How does gdb work? by alschwalm on Wednesday August 10, 2016 @10:49AM (#12262170)
Nice writeup! I've done some work with libdwarf and I agree that it isn't very pleasant. Do you have any suggestions for better interfaces that support writing?
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Re:How does gdb work? by DannyBee on Wednesday August 10, 2016 @11:58AM (#12262698)
How much of a writer do you want?

Just something that writes DIE's?

Or do you need line info, accelerator tables, etc?

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Re:How does gdb work? by alschwalm on Wednesday August 10, 2016 @01:41PM (#12263506)
I think just DIE's would be sufficient, definitely don't need accelerator table stuff.

I've actually considered looking more at the LLVM dwarf writing components. Do you have any experience with that?

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