DWARF Version 4 Released

Version 4 of the DWARF debugging information format specification has been released for public comment. DWARF is used by GCC, GDB, and other free and proprietary toolchains. "Michael Eager, Chair of the DWARF Committee, said 'we have made significant improvements in Version 4 since the previous version was released in 2006. These include improved data compression, better description of optimized code, and support for new language features in C++. Debugging programs can be difficult. Providing the best quality information to programmers can make this easier.'" The DWARF committee is accepting public comments on the spec until May 31. Click below for the full announcement.

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