struct foo {}; struct bar {}; void sink(void*); int main() { foo f; sink(&f); bar b; sink(&b); } // Built with GCC 4.8.1 // $ mkdir -p /tmp/dbginfo // $ cp dwarfdump-type-units.cc /tmp/dbginfo // $ cd /tmp/dbginfo // $ g++-4.8.1 -g -fdebug-types-section -c dwarfdump-type-units.cc -o dwarfdump-type-units.elf-x86-64