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From: Julian S. <js...@ac...> - 2009-07-22 08:07:32
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> > Also, how is DRD's --var-info=yes different to the core's > > --read-var-info=yes? It seems like DRD should just use > > --read-var-info=yes the way Memcheck and Helgrind do. > > If I remember correctly, --var-info was added to DRD before > --read-var-info was added to Memcheck or Helgrind. I have renamed the > DRD option --var-info to --read-var-info and left --var-info as an > undocumented option in DRD. --read-var-info is a flag handled by the core, and applies to all tools. It tells the debuginfo reader what to do. It's not handled separately by all tools. The question of whether the tools can actually make use of that extra info is a different question. So I think DRD shouldn't handle this flag at all. J |