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| author | Jim Kingdon <jkingdon@engr.sgi.com> | 1993-07-12 18:41:14 +0000 |
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| committer | Jim Kingdon <jkingdon@engr.sgi.com> | 1993-07-12 18:41:14 +0000 |
| commit | 499a5faaae215d4a9731b693cc9166238e09bcda (patch) | |
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* stabs.texinfo: N_MAIN is sometimes used for C.
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diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog index e22b3cc..3e65a5f 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +Mon Jul 12 13:37:02 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com) + + * stabs.texinfo: N_MAIN is sometimes used for C. + Fri Jul 9 09:47:02 1993 Peter Schauer (pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de) * gdbint.texinfo (Host, Target Conditionals): Remove TM_FILE_OVERRIDE. diff --git a/gdb/doc/stabs.texinfo b/gdb/doc/stabs.texinfo index ff1a6c6..acba1cc 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/stabs.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/stabs.texinfo @@ -357,12 +357,24 @@ types used to describe C language source files. @chapter Encoding for the structure of the program @menu +* Main Program:: Indicate what the main program is * Source Files:: The path and name of the source file * Line Numbers:: * Procedures:: * Block Structure:: @end menu +@node Main Program +@section Main Program + +Most languages allow the main program to have any name. The +@code{N_MAIN} stab type is used for a stab telling the debugger what +name is used in this program. Only the name is significant; it will be +the name of a function which is the main program. Most C compilers do +not use this stab; they expect the debugger to simply assume that the +name is @samp{main}, but some C compilers emit an @code{N_MAIN} stab for +the @samp{main} function. + @node Source Files @section The path and name of the source files @@ -3022,8 +3034,8 @@ Static symbol (data segment variable with internal linkage), @xref{N_STSYM}. @item 0x28 N_LCSYM .lcomm symbol (BSS segment variable with internal linkage), @xref{N_LCSYM}. -@item 0x2a N_MAIN -Name of main routine (not used in C), @xref{N_MAIN}. +@item 0x2a N_MAIN +Name of main routine, @xref{Main Program}. @c FIXME: discuss this in the main body of the text where we talk about @c using N_FUN for variables. @@ -3419,7 +3431,6 @@ Finally, any further information. * N_FUN:: C Function name or text segment variable * N_STSYM:: Initialized static symbol * N_LCSYM:: Uninitialized static symbol -* N_MAIN:: Name of main routine (not for C) * N_PC:: Pascal global symbol * N_NSYMS:: Number of symbols * N_NOMAP:: No DST map @@ -3517,18 +3528,6 @@ Unitialized static (.lcomm) symbol(BSS segment w/internal linkage). value -> BSS Address @end example -@node N_MAIN -@section 42 - 0x2a - N_MAIN -Name of main routine (not used in C) - -@display -.stabs "name", N_MAIN, NIL, NIL, NIL -@end display - -@example -"name" -> "name_of_main_routine" -@end example - @node N_PC @section 48 - 0x30 - N_PC Global symbol (for Pascal) |