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Re DW_FORM_string the savings is small but since it came up I thought I'd mention the idea. I agree it's not worth pursuing any further. An API to use that form explicitly (that isn't the normal debug-info generation API) to facilitate testing is fine. Regarding DWARF parsing speed where strings are concerned: DWARF 5 will ruin this because DW_FORM_strx is a ULEB; so, every DIE