From a9170c6a65fcb96da0961f09a8c6215c2b96410b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Blandy Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 21:46:51 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Merged from mainline: 2003-09-22 Jim Blandy * dwarf2read.c (read_array_type): When building the type for an array of unspecified length, make sure to choose the upper bound so that the array's total length comes out to be zero --- that's how we represent such arrays. --- gdb/ChangeLog | 11 +++++++++++ gdb/dwarf2read.c | 10 ++++++++-- 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog index d1683d63f93..27ea08b763d 100644 --- a/gdb/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,14 @@ +2003-10-17 Jim Blandy + + Merged from mainline: + + 2003-09-22 Jim Blandy + + * dwarf2read.c (read_array_type): When building the type for an + array of unspecified length, make sure to choose the upper bound + so that the array's total length comes out to be zero --- that's + how we represent such arrays. + 2003-10-09 Daniel Jacobowitz * remote-mips.c (mips_initialize): Remove unneeded call to diff --git a/gdb/dwarf2read.c b/gdb/dwarf2read.c index da31c60642c..570a6ee8d83 100644 --- a/gdb/dwarf2read.c +++ b/gdb/dwarf2read.c @@ -3100,8 +3100,14 @@ read_array_type (struct die_info *die, struct objfile *objfile, with a DW_FORM_block1 attribute. FIXME: GDB does not yet know how to handle dynamic arrays properly, treat them as arrays with unspecified - length for now. */ - high = -1; + length for now. + + FIXME: jimb/2003-09-22: GDB does not really know + how to handle arrays of unspecified length + either; we just represent them as zero-length + arrays. Choose an appropriate upper bound given + the lower bound we've computed above. */ + high = low - 1; } else { -- 2.47.2