From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from relay.hostedemail.com (smtprelay0014.hostedemail.com [216.40.44.14]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0CD113858C36 for ; Tue, 12 Mar 2024 21:39:50 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.2 sourceware.org 0CD113858C36 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=SystematicSW.ab.ca Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=SystematicSW.ab.ca ARC-Filter: OpenARC Filter v1.0.0 sourceware.org 0CD113858C36 Authentication-Results: server2.sourceware.org; arc=none smtp.remote-ip=216.40.44.14 ARC-Seal: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=sourceware.org; s=key; t=1710279592; cv=none; b=VsIGdSczY37zZz1LVGZcufVTckWTOgE4nJ+fAVDoFcrr38U1SpXJSd2V+1kONyVR7gs/O5OKRLu+tZTbJn4k5Qv4s9tCxY410//5kBE+Y4N7qN8jWHjGBIi3uNcEwlBnw1u8KoGcflswydDrPktQzUiPO0vv8zGV6dTeiEVNchs= ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=sourceware.org; s=key; t=1710279592; c=relaxed/simple; bh=AekYt9GHeZ2Fhme9uumi6e5l6pyg5us6M8ONqEZol7o=; h=Message-ID:Date:MIME-Version:Subject:To:From; b=xwVszk8UYGDP8y0FuN9R41om81DSPM1ngf3vcbQdO9ySnATvwDuLFS6yueII3v9SgbITR6SHaAVAbKuYUVescZlsZxiDu2pna9wWBTmifBINOqR4cvYlTpVR0p0Ylcwv2r3AcVG3IyPHLhQn8UW/mLCkWYIncclVTxFbzz1OYzM= ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; server2.sourceware.org Received: from omf17.hostedemail.com (a10.router.float.18 [10.200.18.1]) by unirelay06.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 37254A1463 for ; Tue, 12 Mar 2024 21:39:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [HIDDEN] (Authenticated sender: Brian.Inglis@SystematicSW.ab.ca) by omf17.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id BB38B19 for ; Tue, 12 Mar 2024 21:39:47 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2024 15:39:45 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Reply-To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Subject: Re: [cygport] enabling a replacement for "objdump -d -l" Content-Language: en-CA To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com References: <87a5nx5z5e.fsf@Gerda.invalid> <3f1057a0-1dd5-4736-bdf9-14071c1f27b1@dronecode.org.uk> <87il1smuj7.fsf@Gerda.invalid> <85c3141a-bed5-46e0-8106-5f7d88faee88@dronecode.org.uk> <87sf0v8hmt.fsf@Gerda.invalid> From: Brian Inglis Organization: Systematic Software In-Reply-To: <87sf0v8hmt.fsf@Gerda.invalid> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: BB38B19 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,KAM_DMARC_STATUS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS,TXREP,T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE,UNPARSEABLE_RELAY autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Stat-Signature: edfgxdx978f5nz6sxgi5cbqdb4oyqkfw X-Rspamd-Server: rspamout05 X-Session-Marker: 427269616E2E496E676C69734053797374656D6174696353572E61622E6361 X-Session-ID: U2FsdGVkX1+sibXqeK01ee4HElF2o7rYBbhdehFCV6Q= X-HE-Tag: 1710279587-361784 X-HE-Meta: U2FsdGVkX18hUXsTOHPaEZxP4WdxBnuLqWYW2bDIcVzZCC42XSupEVbIw6pAbRuBI1t6SgpTPs+uR5dOSFBPhYSBs37lvHVtznYZPRC+lJx7uidj1SwLo0JsrxrE8+/lD43+OulTAF4Oo2lVd9qb0Iwe7cZfus//r632zS8wnqrzeE5xWz6P+ryBPCMBR85cGnJEqVYcnRkhwO18h5hlncHBMHO2k4aYrOFDe0FI2COi6V7orrv4cg3EEG1ypKXrxoymK0VecEaUfXwYs9ricgvW952g2VdR3ed7E/rxyIhEO6COpkHozDYDeXljZJSBVB6CReM3xv2+BLNFfQHQrk1iMe56yWkTSNvqXJNYL3p7DcbT1Ri4WrOBPbS3g98XhhbEgUuGkVwjPJX7I0GIsg== X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on server2.sourceware.org List-Id: On 2024-03-12 11:49, ASSI via Cygwin-apps wrote: > Jon Turney via Cygwin-apps writes: >> But I'm not being oblique here. I really do want comments. > > Well, adding comments or proper POD is about the same effort, so I'd > tend towards the latter. > >> I'm not sure what's so astounding about the suggestion that a fifty >> line script should have some comments in it that you can't believe I >> mean that literally... > > As the saying goes: Communication is possible, but improbable… > >> Well, OK. This is less useful to people who actually want to use it, >> though, requiring them to know that >> "DWARF_PARSE=/usr/share/cygport/tools/dwarf-parse.pl" is the right >> incantation. >> >> Perhaps "DWARF_PARSE=1" could be a shorthand for that? [Sorry still makes me think Dwarvish and Runes e.g. https://www.evertype.com/standards/iso10646/pdf/cirth.pdf and if you say ELF I still think zwolf, dreizehn, ... ;^> ] > I don't see why not, it just requires one extra test. Maybe even more meaningful names, to those of us not so familiar with binutils and compiler debug esoterica, stating the connection between the build and the function, something like debuginfo_fast_source_filter.pl and DEBUGINFO_FAST_SOURCE_FILTER flag, default on if .pl installed? -- Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis Calgary, Alberta, Canada La perfection est atteinte Perfection is achieved non pas lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à ajouter not when there is no more to add mais lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à retirer but when there is no more to cut -- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry