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| author | Jim Kingdon <jkingdon@engr.sgi.com> | 1994-03-24 16:11:11 +0000 |
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| committer | Jim Kingdon <jkingdon@engr.sgi.com> | 1994-03-24 16:11:11 +0000 |
| commit | 8816824a830c593a0b8461f63836192cb35aea6d (patch) | |
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* stabs.texinfo (Global Variables): Talk about stabs in files
where variables are referenced, but not defined.
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diff --git a/gdb/doc/stabs.texinfo b/gdb/doc/stabs.texinfo index c75836e..20e5035 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/stabs.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/stabs.texinfo @@ -856,6 +856,11 @@ from the external symbol for the global variable. In the example above, the @code{.global _g_foo} and @code{_g_foo:} lines tell the assembler to produce an external symbol. +Some compilers, like GCC, output @code{N_GSYM} stabs only once, where +the variable is defined. Other compilers, like SunOS4 /bin/cc, output a +@code{N_GSYM} stab for each compilation unit which references the +variable. + @node Register Variables @section Register Variables |