This is the CHANGES file for cv2pdb, a converter of DMD CodeView/DWARF debug information to PDB files Copyright (c) 2009-2012 by Rainer Schuetze, All Rights Reserved Version history --------------- 2009-05-08 Version 0.1 * initial release 2009-05-16 Version 0.2 * replace .debug section in executable rather than rename it. (only works if it is the last section). * support for field type LF_VFUNCTAB and symbol type S_CONSTANT used by DMC. * added stringview to autoexp.dat for full length text display. 2009-06-04 Version 0.3 * static members' debug info was not correctly converted, causing debugger confusion * now works on executables compiled by DMC - added command line switch -C to disable some D feature and to remove function name from local variables - added support for type LF_BITFIELD. * added fields __viewhelper to classes string and object * new addin dviewhelper.dll to display correctly terminated strings and derived object type 2009-06-05 Version 0.4 * fixed crash when long is used as index or element type of dynamic or associative arrays 2009-06-06 Version 0.5 * fixed error in __viewhelper field of string type, that could screw up type info * added support for wstring and dstring * fixed problems with debug info inside library by combining debug info of different modules into a single pseudo-module * now also replaces '.' by '@' in enumerator types for more consistent debug info 2009-06-07 Version 0.6 * removed LF_DERIVED info from debug info, as it is inconsistent in DMD generated info with more than 4096 type entries 2009-06-08 Version 0.7 * corrected number of field entries in classes or struct, because DMD miscounts private members 2009-06-11 Version 0.8 * tweaked visualizer macros to detect uninitialized associative arrays and to limit expansion to arrays with less than 1024 entries * renamed data pointer member of dynamic arrays to "ptr" to be consistent with the array property in D. 2009-06-19 Version 0.9 * fixed line number info at the end of a segment or when switching to another file because of inline expansion * fixed line numbers > 32767 and sections with 0 line number entries 2009-08-12 Version 0.10 * better support for DMC: - entries LF_FRIENDFCN removed - entries LF_FRIENDCLS, LF_VBCLASS and LF_IVBCLASS converted thanks to Andrew. * derived-classes info in class entry now cleared to be consistent with removal of LF_DERIVED 2009-12-29 Version 0.11 * basic types now show with their D names, not as C types * "enum" prefix removed from type names of enumerator types * added type information for complex data types * dmd-patch needed for long/ulong support (http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=3373) * experimental hack to add lexical scope to local variables (dmd patch in http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=3657 needed) 2010-04-13 Version 0.12 * added patch to convert binaries produced by Metroworks CodeWarrior * names of local function are now demangled * dmd 2.041 fixes long/ulong support (patch http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=3373 no longer needed) * added managed C++ project to integrate cv2pdb with CLR (thanks to Alexander Bothe) * dmd 2.043 uses different implementation of associative arrays, use command line option -D 2.043 or above to produce the respective debug info 2010-06-03 Version 0.13 * adapted to mspdb100.dll which comes with VS2010 * tweaked autoexp.dat modifications to be more stable with uninitialized data * autoexp.snippet now split into two files: autoexp.expand and autoexp.visualizer 2010-06-23 Version 0.14 * 64-integer types are now displayed as "dlong" and "ulong" instead of "__int64" and "unsigned __int64" * improved support for long and ulong for DMD versions before 1.057 and 2.041 * DMC also emits D-types for "long long" and "unsigned long long", these are translated back to the correct types if command option -C is used * now adding properties "has nested type" and "is nested type" to class/struct/union/enum types * better support for enumerators: now added as user defined types (DMD patch needed) 2010-08-08 Version 0.15 * thanks to patches by Z3N, the resulting pdb is now usable by more debuggers * now uses shared file access to executable * incomplete structs/classes are now added as user defined types to avoid confusing debugger for following symbols * fixed name demangling of very long names * added name demangling support for @safe/@trusted/@property/pure/nothrow/ref * base classes are added to D/cpp-interfaces to allow viewing the virtual function table pointer * structs, classes and interfaces now have an internal qualifier attached that allows the preview in autoexp.dat to show better info for structs and interfaces 2010-08-10 Version 0.16 * fixed crash when working with -C (introduced in last version) 2010-09-04 Version 0.17 * fixed crash that could occur for user-defined types longer than 90 characters 2010-10-24 Version 0.18 * fixed error with nested types longer than 255 characters * more fixes for names longer than 300 characters 2010-12-10 Version 0.19 * now converting only class pointers to references, not pointers to structs or void * changed default D-version to 2.043 to create correct associative array type information for recent compilers by default 2010-12-30 Version 0.20 * fixed another issue with user defined type names longer than 300 characters * now corrects the debug info when dmc/optlink emits multiple struct definitions, but only one UDT record. 2010-05-08 Version 0.21 * fixed decoding of compressed symbols * added command line switch -n to disable symbol demangling * fixed crash with more than 32767 types unreleased Version 0.22 * added command line switch -s to specify the replacement character for '.' in symbols * fixed another crash where compressed symbols expand to more than 4096 characters 2012-02-12 Version 0.23 * disabled named enumerator for D basic types to avoid debugger troubles displaying arrays * added command line switch -e to enable using named enumerator for D basic types * added DWARF support * added x64 support * tweaked visualizer for associative array element to just show key and value 2012-05-01 Version 0.24 * supports unicode characters in file names * improve interpretation of DWARF location expression 2012-06-18 Version 0.25 * new option -p allows to specify the embedded PDB reference in the binary * added support for VS2012 2012-11-09 Version 0.26 * now iterating over multiple entries in the debug directory to find CV info 2013-05-11 Version 0.27 * fixed crash when converting DWARF locations using 8 bytes or more 2013-11-16 Version 0.28 * added searching mspdb120.dll for VS 2013 * changed search order for mspdb*.dll: trying to load through PATH first newest VS versions preferred, then trying through installation paths for VS 2013-2005 * dviewhelper.dll now avoids being reloaded for every expression 2014-02-19 Version 0.29 * fix DWARF conversion for newer gcc versions (4.8.0 or even earlier) 2014-02-25 Version 0.30 * fixed crash when converting DWARF for executables without .reloc segment 2014-03-01 Version 0.31 * added support for local variables accessed through esp 2014-09-24 Version 0.32 * DWARF: fixed relocations in .debug_line section * tweaked visualizer macros to display void[], limit array preview to 64 entries 2014-12-19 Version 0.33 * DWARF: revamped location expression evaluator by Vadim Chugunov 2015-02-17 Version 0.34 * DWARF: fixed issues with DW_FORM_strp, DW_AT_upper_bound and DW_AT_lower_bound * DWARF: translate __int128 to CV code 0x14, just a wild guesss * DWARF: add support for DW_ATE_UTF, remove bad assert 2015-05-08 Version 0.35 * new tool dumplines to display the debug line number info 2015-06-03 Version 0.36 * last version introduced a regression that could cause DWARF conversion to crash * DWARF sections now stripped from image (if last sections) * add support for VS 2015 2015-06-17 Version 0.37 * DWARF: improved support for gcc 4.9.0 and clang 3.6 * DWARF: support debug_frame (CFA) and debug_loc (for frame base) for better support for locals * write correct machine type for x64 to PDB 2016-08-09 Version 0.38 * allow anonymous typedefs * cv2pdb now builds as x64 application * truncate symbols that are to long * better support for symbols that contain non-ascii characters: do not uncompress names in field lists * copy symbol unmodified if uncompression fails 2017-01-20 Version 0.39 * do not assume sorted line numbers per segment 2017-05-13 Version 0.40 * set source language 'D' in compilation unit * for D version >= 2.068, write AA debug info compatible with dmd COFF output * prefer struct over class for internal structs * handle class/struct property "uniquename" 2017-05-13 Version 0.41 * when using mspdb120.dll (VS2013) or later, do not emit view helpers * remove method declarations from struct or class records (they confuse mspdb*.dll if having forward references?) 2017-09-02 Version 0.42 * search VS2017 registry entries to find mspdb140.dll * when using mspdb140.dll (VS2015) or later, use symbols to emit line numbers * translate S_UDT_V1 to V3 version * translate S_BLOCK_V1 to V3 version * remove "this" from delegate parameter list if inconsistent with procedure type 2017-11-30 Version 0.43 * DWARF: fix crash with AUX data in symbol table * improve reallocation strategy 2018-03-30 Version 0.44 * DWARF: improvements for ADA: better enumerator types, improved lexical scope (thanks to @pmderodat) * if no debug information found in executable, now looks for epononymous DBG file to load CV from (thanks to @AlexWhiter)