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tromey

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    Comment #36332694

    gdb uses BFD for object file access but has its own DWARF reader.

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    Comment #25431061

    This was https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25348 , fixed in June. I believe the fix is in the latest release.

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    Comment #25409677

    Yes, just nobody has implemented it. It's kind of a pain. Also it brings up the question of whether GDB ought to implement a terminal so you can debug curses applications inside th…

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    Comment #25409640

    No-one maintains the Pascal support in GDB. In fact, I think the test suite doesn't even run any more (at least for me, FPC seems totally broken). This is an area where a volunteer…

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    Comment #16414249

    > Source maps are a debug tool. Why does the performance matter? If the source map decoder is slow, then the debugger feels slow.

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    Comment #15983883

    Rust support landed in gdb 7.12 (released October 2016). It has some rough edges; and some missing spots (mostly caused by insufficient debuginfo). I'm working full time on Rust de…