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From: rjk@sequent.UUCP (Robert Kelley)
Newsgroups: gnu.g++
Subject: Please describe how to use g++/gdb with COFF
Summary: strategy, tradeoffs
Keywords: g++ gdb COFF
Message-ID: <23652@sequent.UUCP>
Date: 20 Oct 89 17:47:07 GMT
Reply-To: rjk@sequent.UUCP (Robert Kelley)
Distribution: gnu
Organization: Sequent Computer Systems, Inc
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I know that there are several approaches for using g++ and gdb with COFF.
One could modify g++ to generate assembler directives suitable for a COFF
assembler.  One could translate assembler directives from a.out style to
COFF style.  One could translate object files from a.out to COFF.  There
are probably many other approaches.  The ones that I would consider viable
would retain the ability to debug g++ programs with gdb.

I would like to hear about any work in this area.  Discussion of the relative
advantages and disadvantages of each approach would be particularly welcome.