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authorEli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>2006-10-31 22:38:27 +0000
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* stabs.texinfo (Macro define and undefine): New node describing
stabs for #define and #undef.
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@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-10-31 David Taylor <dtaylor@emc.com>
+
+ * stabs.texinfo (Macro define and undefine): New node describing
+ stabs for #define and #undef.
+
2006-10-27 Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de>
* gdb.texinfo (Processes): Rename "detach-fork" to "detach fork".
diff --git a/gdb/doc/stabs.texinfo b/gdb/doc/stabs.texinfo
index 64998e2..963fc3b 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/stabs.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/stabs.texinfo
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ This document describes the stabs debugging format.
* Constants:: Constants
* Variables::
* Types:: Type definitions
+* Macro define and undefine:: Representation of #define and #undef
* Symbol Tables:: Symbol information in symbol tables
* Cplusplus:: Stabs specific to C++
* Stab Types:: Symbol types in a.out files
@@ -2220,6 +2221,70 @@ generates the following code:
The variable defines a new type, 24, which is a pointer to another new
type, 25, which is a function returning @code{int}.
+@node Macro define and undefine
+@chapter Representation of #define and #undef
+
+This section describes the stabs support for macro define and undefine
+information, supported on some systems. (e.g., with @option{-g3}
+@option{-gstabs} when using GCC).
+
+A @code{#define @var{macro-name} @var{macro-body}} is represented with
+an @code{N_MAC_DEFINE} stab with a string field of
+@code{@var{macro-name} @var{macro-body}}.
+@findex N_MAC_DEFINE
+
+An @code{#undef @var{macro-name}} is represented with an
+@code{N_MAC_UNDEF} stabs with a string field of simply
+@code{@var{macro-name}}.
+@findex N_MAC_UNDEF
+
+For both @code{N_MAC_DEFINE} and @code{N_MAC_UNDEF}, the desc field is
+the line number within the file where the corresponding @code{#define}
+or @code{#undef} occurred.
+
+For example, the following C code:
+
+@example
+ #define NONE 42
+ #define TWO(a, b) (a + (a) + 2 * b)
+ #define ONE(c) (c + 19)
+
+ main(int argc, char *argv[])
+ @{
+ func(NONE, TWO(10, 11));
+ func(NONE, ONE(23));
+
+ #undef ONE
+ #define ONE(c) (c + 23)
+
+ func(NONE, ONE(-23));
+
+ return (0);
+ @}
+
+ int global;
+
+ func(int arg1, int arg2)
+ @{
+ global = arg1 + arg2;
+ @}
+@end example
+
+@noindent
+produces the following stabs (as well as many others):
+
+@example
+ .stabs "NONE 42",54,0,1,0
+ .stabs "TWO(a,b) (a + (a) + 2 * b)",54,0,2,0
+ .stabs "ONE(c) (c + 19)",54,0,3,0
+ .stabs "ONE",58,0,10,0
+ .stabs "ONE(c) (c + 23)",54,0,11,0
+@end example
+
+@noindent
+NOTE: In the above example, @code{54} is @code{N_MAC_DEFINE} and
+@code{58} is @code{N_MAC_UNDEF}.
+
@node Symbol Tables
@chapter Symbol Information in Symbol Tables
@@ -3276,11 +3341,17 @@ Number of symbols (according to Ultrix V4.0); see @ref{N_NSYMS}.
@item 0x34 N_NOMAP
No DST map; see @ref{N_NOMAP}.
+@item 0x36 N_MAC_DEFINE
+Name and body of a @code{#define}d macro; see @ref{Macro define and undefine}.
+
@c FIXME: describe this solaris feature in the body of the text (see
@c comments in include/aout/stab.def).
@item 0x38 N_OBJ
Object file (Solaris2).
+@item 0x3a N_MAC_UNDEF
+Name of an @code{#undef}ed macro; see @ref{Macro define and undefine}.
+
@c See include/aout/stab.def for (a little) more info.
@item 0x3c N_OPT
Debugger options (Solaris2).