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Extract from dwarf data the type and the composition of variables

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Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
csharp
Domain
compilers, tooling

Research direction

Start by reviewing LibObjectFile's existing ELF and DWARF support, then determine whether ARM Cortex 32-bit GCC data can expose variables, addresses, sizes, and non-basic type composition. The issue names no files or tests, so completion would need a defined API and validation for structs, unions, and basic types.

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Description

question

with LibObjectFile lib is it possible to extract from an elf file (ARM-Cortex 32bit gcc) the list of variables, their address, their size, but above all, their typology and their composition if they are not basic types, such as struct or union ?
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