* defs.h, findvar.c (extract_floating, store_floating): New functions.

[deliverable/binutils-gdb.git] / gdb / stabsread.c

diff --git a/gdb/stabsread.c b/gdb/stabsread.c
index f2d671c6c644edfa6b150e01a904bdfd5582b3e5..71a806e8df866e683a7c3f22a0bae290eae4da7f 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/stabsread.c
+++ b/gdb/stabsread.c
@@ -613,11 +613,13 @@ define_symbol (valu, string, desc, type, objfile)
            double d = atof (p);
            char *dbl_valu;
 
+           /* FIXME-if-picky-about-floating-accuracy: Should be using
+              target arithmetic to get the value.  real.c in GCC
+              probably has the necessary code.  */
+
            /* FIXME: lookup_fundamental_type is a hack.  We should be
               creating a type especially for the type of float constants.
-              Problem is, what type should it be?  We currently have to
-              read this in host floating point format, but what type
-              represents a host format "double"?
+              Problem is, what type should it be?
 
               Also, what should the name of this type be?  Should we
               be using 'S' constants (see stabs.texinfo) instead?  */
@@ -625,11 +627,9 @@ define_symbol (valu, string, desc, type, objfile)
            SYMBOL_TYPE (sym) = lookup_fundamental_type (objfile,
                                                         FT_DBL_PREC_FLOAT);
            dbl_valu = (char *)
-             obstack_alloc (&objfile -> symbol_obstack, sizeof (double));
-           memcpy (dbl_valu, &d, sizeof (double));
-           /* Put it in target byte order, but it's still in host
-              floating point format.  */
-           SWAP_TARGET_AND_HOST (dbl_valu, sizeof (double));
+             obstack_alloc (&objfile -> symbol_obstack,
+                            TYPE_LENGTH (SYMBOL_TYPE (sym)));
+           store_floating (dbl_valu, TYPE_LENGTH (SYMBOL_TYPE (sym)));
            SYMBOL_VALUE_BYTES (sym) = dbl_valu;
            SYMBOL_CLASS (sym) = LOC_CONST_BYTES;
          }