Date:	Thu, 26 Jun 1997 12:54:52 -0600
From:	barc0033 AT centre DOT uwi DOT tt
Subject:	COFF vs STABS debugging
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Message-ID:	<867347267.31973@dejanews.com>
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To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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Hi:

I would like to know if the default for stabs debugging using the symify
backtrace of the dump, gdb-4.16 thru gcc-2721 and rhide1.3 is only of the
form:
function + offset.

If I use coff debugging I get an output of the form:
function + offset , line-number in file

I prefer the latter format, but, with this form of debugging the line
number is correct but the file may not be correct. I don't know yet how to
read the offset. I have to compile separately to get the linenumber if
rhide does not catch the exception, and it generally does not, and that
has to be done in DOS.

I would like to know if I can change the stabs format to that of the coff
format or secondly how to read the offset to get the linenumber. I would
prefer the first option.

Also, should rhide catch arithmetic exceptions and give the backtrace, it
doesn't do it for me.

Thanks

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