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69<h2 class="appendix">Appendix E Questions and Anomalies</h2>
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72<li> For GNU C stabs defining local and global variables (<code>N_LSYM</code> and
73<code>N_GSYM</code>), the desc field is supposed to contain the source
74line number on which the variable is defined.  In reality the desc
75field is always 0.  (This behavior is defined in <samp>dbxout.c</samp> and
76putting a line number in desc is controlled by &lsquo;<samp>#ifdef
77WINNING_GDB</samp>&rsquo;, which defaults to false). GDB supposedly uses this
78information if you say &lsquo;<samp>list <var>var</var></samp>&rsquo;.  In reality, <var>var</var> can
79be a variable defined in the program and GDB says &lsquo;<samp>function
80<var>var</var> not defined</samp>&rsquo;.
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82</li><li> In GNU C stabs, there seems to be no way to differentiate tag types:
83structures, unions, and enums (symbol descriptor &lsquo;<samp>T</samp>&rsquo;) and typedefs
84(symbol descriptor &lsquo;<samp>t</samp>&rsquo;) defined at file scope from types defined locally
85to a procedure or other more local scope.  They all use the <code>N_LSYM</code>
86stab type.  Types defined at procedure scope are emitted after the
87<code>N_RBRAC</code> of the preceding function and before the code of the
88procedure in which they are defined.  This is exactly the same as
89types defined in the source file between the two procedure bodies.
90GDB over-compensates by placing all types in block #1, the block for
91symbols of file scope.  This is true for default, &lsquo;<samp>-ansi</samp>&rsquo; and
92&lsquo;<samp>-traditional</samp>&rsquo; compiler options. (Bugs gcc/1063, gdb/1066.)
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94</li><li> What ends the procedure scope?  Is it the proc block&rsquo;s <code>N_RBRAC</code> or the
95next <code>N_FUN</code>?  (I believe its the first.)
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