From 6d244da7a16f4dcfe559d7727d63baf8f60c1b15 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Kingdon Date: Wed, 16 Mar 1994 18:52:45 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] * stabs.texinfo (Alternate Entry Points): New node, rewritten from N_ENTRY node. * stabs.texinfo (Type Descriptors): Add 'Y' type descriptor. --- gdb/doc/ChangeLog | 3 +++ gdb/doc/stabs.texinfo | 27 +++++++++++++++------------ 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog index 21de3a663e7..44b9470ba53 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,5 +1,8 @@ Wed Mar 16 08:20:19 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com) + * stabs.texinfo (Alternate Entry Points): New node, rewritten from + N_ENTRY node. + * stabs.texinfo (Type Descriptors): Add 'Y' type descriptor. Tue Mar 15 08:43:02 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com) diff --git a/gdb/doc/stabs.texinfo b/gdb/doc/stabs.texinfo index ffad6791147..9fe48a93881 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/stabs.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/stabs.texinfo @@ -385,6 +385,7 @@ blocks of code. * Procedures:: * Nested Procedures:: * Block Structure:: +* Alternate Entry Points:: Entering procedures except at the beginning. @end menu @node Main Program @@ -680,6 +681,19 @@ Sun documents the desc field of @code{N_LBRAC} and However, dbx seems to not care, and GCC always sets desc to zero. +@node Alternate Entry Points +@section Alternate Entry Points + +Some languages, like Fortran, have the ability to enter procedures at +some place other than the beginning. One can declare an alternate entry +point. The @code{N_ENTRY} stab is for this; however, the Sun FORTRAN compiler +doesn't use it. According to AIX documentation, only the name of a +@code{C_ENTRY} stab is significant; the address of the alternate entry +point comes from the corresponding external symbol. A previous revision +of this document said that the value of an @code{N_ENTRY} stab was the +address of the alternate entry point, but I don't know the source for +that information. + @node Constants @chapter Constants @@ -3189,7 +3203,7 @@ Parameter variable; see @ref{Parameters}. End of an include file; see @ref{Include Files}. @item 0xa4 N_ENTRY -Alternate entry point; see @ref{N_ENTRY}. +Alternate entry point; see @ref{Alternate Entry Points}. @item 0xc0 N_LBRAC Beginning of a lexical block; see @ref{Block Structure}. @@ -3527,7 +3541,6 @@ Finally, any further information. * N_MOD2:: Modula2 information "for imc" * N_CATCH:: GNU C++ "catch" clause * N_SSYM:: Structure or union element -* N_ENTRY:: Alternate entry point * N_SCOPE:: Modula2 scope information (Sun only) * Gould:: non-base register symbols used on Gould systems * N_LENG:: Length of preceding entry @@ -3671,16 +3684,6 @@ The value is the offset in the structure. <> @end deffn -@node N_ENTRY -@section N_ENTRY - -@deffn @code{.stabn} N_ENTRY -@findex N_ENTRY -Alternate entry point. -The value is its address. -<> -@end deffn - @node N_SCOPE @section N_SCOPE -- 2.30.2