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| <h3 class="section">4.1 Compiling for Debugging</h3> |
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| <p>In order to debug a program effectively, you need to generate |
| debugging information when you compile it. This debugging information |
| is stored in the object file; it describes the data type of each |
| variable or function and the correspondence between source line numbers |
| and addresses in the executable code. |
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| <p>To request debugging information, specify the ‘<samp>-g</samp>’ option when you run |
| the compiler. |
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| <p>Programs that are to be shipped to your customers are compiled with |
| optimizations, using the ‘<samp>-O</samp>’ compiler option. However, some |
| compilers are unable to handle the ‘<samp>-g</samp>’ and ‘<samp>-O</samp>’ options |
| together. Using those compilers, you cannot generate optimized |
| executables containing debugging information. |
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| <p><small>GCC</small>, the <small>GNU</small> C/C<tt>++</tt> compiler, supports ‘<samp>-g</samp>’ with or |
| without ‘<samp>-O</samp>’, making it possible to debug optimized code. We |
| recommend that you <em>always</em> use ‘<samp>-g</samp>’ whenever you compile a |
| program. You may think your program is correct, but there is no sense |
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| <p>Older versions of the <small>GNU</small> C compiler permitted a variant option |
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| format; if your <small>GNU</small> C compiler has this option, do not use it. |
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| expansion (see <a href="Macros.html#Macros">Macros</a>). Most compilers do not include information |
| about preprocessor macros in the debugging information if you specify |
| the <samp>-g</samp> flag alone. Version 3.1 and later of <small>GCC</small>, |
| the <small>GNU</small> C compiler, provides macro information if you are using |
| the DWARF debugging format, and specify the option <samp>-g3</samp>. |
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| <p>You will have the best debugging experience if you use the latest |
| version of the DWARF debugging format that your compiler supports. |
| DWARF is currently the most expressive and best supported debugging |
| format in <small>GDB</small>. |
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