Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 09:04:26 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: frazer AT rtp DOT ericsson DOT se
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: GDB and static variables
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On Wed, 22 Jan 1997 frazer AT rtp DOT ericsson DOT se wrote:

> I am having problems with GDB and static variables.  GDB seems
> to have problems with debugging information for uninitialized
> static variables.  Here is a test program which exhibits the 
> strangeness:
[snip]
> Now I compile with DJGPP v2.01 and GCC 2.7.2.1:
> 
> C:\TEST>gcc -c -m486 -Wall -g -o main.o main.c

Does the same happen if you compile without -m486?  Maybe that switch 
causes gcc to optimize the code, whereby it's OK if the code isn't 
exactly like the source.