Re: [Dwarf-discuss] Proposal: Allow padding in all tables

2024-01-31 Thread Robinson, Paul via Dwarf-discuss
This proposal is guidance for the producer, not the linker. The producer needs this guidance specifically because linkers don’t pad/align contributions. I believe padding is rarely a functional requirement, and when it is, it’s not for alignment IME. This is where the line-table padding came

Re: [Dwarf-discuss] Proposal: Allow padding in all tables

2024-01-31 Thread David Blaikie via Dwarf-discuss
Fair enough - alignment is mentioned in several cases, perhaps that could be omitted? If that's not usually the need/intent? On Wed, Jan 31, 2024 at 6:54 AM Robinson, Paul wrote: > This proposal is guidance for the producer, not the linker. The producer > needs this guidance specifically