There is an AIX extension for type attributes. Following the @samp{=}
is any number of type attributes. Each one starts with @samp{@@} and
ends with @samp{;}. Debuggers, including AIX's dbx, skip any type
-attributes they do not recognize. GDB 4.9 does not do this--it will
+attributes they do not recognize. GDB 4.9 does not do this---it will
ignore the entire symbol containing a type attribute. Hopefully this
will be fixed in the next GDB release. Because of a conflict with C++
(@pxref{Cplusplus}), new attributes should not be defined which begin
The value is the register number.
AIX defines a separate symbol descriptor @samp{d} for floating point
-registers. This seems incredibly stupid--why not just just give
+registers. This seems incredibly stupid---why not just just give
floating point registers different register numbers? I have not
verified whether the compiler actually uses @samp{d}.