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[v2,1/1] abg-writer: Add support for stable hash type ids.

Message ID 20200615210741.92897-2-gprocida@google.com
State Committed
Headers
Series Stable type ids |

Commit Message

Giuliano Procida June 15, 2020, 9:07 p.m. UTC 
  The type ids currently emitted by the XML writer are simply type-id-1,
type-id-2 etc. Additions or removals of types early in this sequence
result in cascading changes to many other XML elements.

This commit adds support for stable type ids in the form of hashes of
libabigail's internal type names. On fairly rare occasions (typically
involving unnamed types), the names of two distinct types can be the
same. In any case, if there is a hash collision the XML writer will
find the next unused id and so preserve uniqueness.

Diffs between large XML files produced using --type-id-style hash will
be much smaller and easier to review.

This also commit adds some test cases to verify that the hashing is
actually stable across architectures.

	* doc/manuals/abidw.rst: Replace stray documentation of
	--named-type-ids with documention of new --type-id-style
	option.
	* include/abg-writer.h (type_id_style_kind): Add new enum.
	(set_type_id_style): Add new write_context setter.
	(set_common_options): Set type id style in write context.
	* include/abg-hash.h (fnv_hash): Declare new 32-bit FNV-1a
        hash function in abigail::hashing namespace.
	* src/abg-hash.h (fnv_hash): Define new 32-bit FNV-1a hash
        function in abigail::hashing namespace.
	* src/abg-writer.cc (write_context): Add m_type_id_style
        member to record type style to use, defaulting to
        SEQUENCE_TYPE_ID_STYLE; add m_used_type_id_hashes to record
        already-used hashes.
	(write_context::get_type_id_style): Add new getter.
	(write_context::set_type_id_style): Add new setter.
	(get_id_for_type): Add support for HASH_TYPE_ID_STYLE style.
	(set_type_id_style): Add new helper function.
	* tools/abidw.cc (options): Add type_id_style member.
	(display_usage): Add description of --type-id-style option.
	(parse_command_line): Parse --type-id-style option.
	* tests/data/Makefile.am: Add new hash type id ABI files.
	* tests/test-read-dwarf.cc: (InOutSpec): Add type_id_style
	member.
	(in_out_specs): Set type_id_style to SEQUENCE_TYPE_ID_STYLE in
        existing test specifications. Duplicate first 9 test cases
        with type_id_style set to HASH_TYPE_ID_STYLE.
	* tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test0.hash.abi: New ABI XML file
	with hash type ids.
	* tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test1.hash.abi: Ditto.
	* tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test2.so.hash.abi: Ditto.
	* tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test3.so.hash.abi: Ditto.
	* tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test4.so.hash.abi: Ditto.
	* tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test5.o.hash.abi: Ditto.
	* tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test6.so.hash.abi: Ditto.
	* tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test7.so.hash.abi: Ditto.
	* tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test8-qualified-this-pointer.so.hash.abi:
	Ditto.

Signed-off-by: Giuliano Procida <gprocida@google.com>
---
 doc/manuals/abidw.rst                         |  15 +-
 include/abg-hash.h                            |   5 +
 include/abg-writer.h                          |  11 ++
 src/abg-hash.cc                               |  30 ++++
 src/abg-writer.cc                             |  63 ++++++++-
 tests/data/Makefile.am                        |   9 ++
 tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test0.hash.abi     |  70 ++++++++++
 tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test1.hash.abi     | 129 ++++++++++++++++++
 tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test2.so.hash.abi  |  79 +++++++++++
 tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test3.so.hash.abi  |  19 +++
 tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test4.so.hash.abi  |  23 ++++
 tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test5.o.hash.abi   |  13 ++
 tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test6.so.hash.abi  |  42 ++++++
 tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test7.so.hash.abi  |  77 +++++++++++
 .../test8-qualified-this-pointer.so.hash.abi  |  37 +++++
 tests/test-read-dwarf.cc                      | 107 ++++++++++++++-
 tools/abidw.cc                                |  20 ++-
 17 files changed, 732 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test0.hash.abi
 create mode 100644 tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test1.hash.abi
 create mode 100644 tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test2.so.hash.abi
 create mode 100644 tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test3.so.hash.abi
 create mode 100644 tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test4.so.hash.abi
 create mode 100644 tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test5.o.hash.abi
 create mode 100644 tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test6.so.hash.abi
 create mode 100644 tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test7.so.hash.abi
 create mode 100644 tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test8-qualified-this-pointer.so.hash.abi

Comments

Dodji Seketeli June 16, 2020, 8:21 a.m. UTC | #1 
Giuliano Procida <gprocida@google.com> a écrit:

[...]

> +++ b/include/abg-hash.h
> @@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
>  #define __ABG_HASH_H__
>  
>  #include <cstddef>
> +#include <cstdint>

This is a c++11 only header.  I have replaced it with #include
<stdint.h> otherwise it won't compile on a pre c++11 compiler.

[...]

>
> 	* doc/manuals/abidw.rst: Replace stray documentation of
> 	--named-type-ids with documention of new --type-id-style
> 	option.
> 	* include/abg-writer.h (type_id_style_kind): Add new enum.
> 	(set_type_id_style): Add new write_context setter.
> 	(set_common_options): Set type id style in write context.
> 	* include/abg-hash.h (fnv_hash): Declare new 32-bit FNV-1a
>         hash function in abigail::hashing namespace.
> 	* src/abg-hash.h (fnv_hash): Define new 32-bit FNV-1a hash
>         function in abigail::hashing namespace.
> 	* src/abg-writer.cc (write_context): Add m_type_id_style
>         member to record type style to use, defaulting to
>         SEQUENCE_TYPE_ID_STYLE; add m_used_type_id_hashes to record
>         already-used hashes.
> 	(write_context::get_type_id_style): Add new getter.
> 	(write_context::set_type_id_style): Add new setter.
> 	(get_id_for_type): Add support for HASH_TYPE_ID_STYLE style.
> 	(set_type_id_style): Add new helper function.
> 	* tools/abidw.cc (options): Add type_id_style member.
> 	(display_usage): Add description of --type-id-style option.
> 	(parse_command_line): Parse --type-id-style option.
> 	* tests/data/Makefile.am: Add new hash type id ABI files.
> 	* tests/test-read-dwarf.cc: (InOutSpec): Add type_id_style
> 	member.
> 	(in_out_specs): Set type_id_style to SEQUENCE_TYPE_ID_STYLE in
>         existing test specifications. Duplicate first 9 test cases
>         with type_id_style set to HASH_TYPE_ID_STYLE.
> 	* tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test0.hash.abi: New ABI XML file
> 	with hash type ids.
> 	* tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test1.hash.abi: Ditto.
> 	* tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test2.so.hash.abi: Ditto.
> 	* tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test3.so.hash.abi: Ditto.
> 	* tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test4.so.hash.abi: Ditto.
> 	* tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test5.o.hash.abi: Ditto.
> 	* tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test6.so.hash.abi: Ditto.
> 	* tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test7.so.hash.abi: Ditto.
> 	* tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test8-qualified-this-pointer.so.hash.abi:
> 	Ditto.
>
> Signed-off-by: Giuliano Procida <gprocida@google.com>

Applied to master, thanks!

Cheers,
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diff --git a/doc/manuals/abidw.rst b/doc/manuals/abidw.rst
index e1fce997..5834923b 100644
--- a/doc/manuals/abidw.rst
+++ b/doc/manuals/abidw.rst
@@ -197,13 +197,14 @@  Options
     1.8 will not set the default size and will interpret types without
     a size-in-bits attribute as zero sized.
 
-  * ``--named-type-ids``
-
-    Without this option ids used to reference types in the XML file
-    use simple numbers.  With this option the ids used are derived
-    from the type name to make it easier to see which type is
-    referenced and make the XML file more stable in case new types are
-    added (without this option that might mean all id numbers change).
+  * ``--type-id-style`` ( ``sequence`` | ``hash`` )
+
+    This option controls how types are idenfied in the generated XML
+    files.  The default ``sequence`` style just numbers (with
+    ``type-id-`` as prefix) the types in the order they are
+    encountered.  The ``hash`` style uses a (stable, portable) hash of
+    libabigail's internal type names and is intended to make the XML
+    files easier to diff.
 
   * ``--check-alternate-debug-info-base-name`` <*elf-path*>
 
diff --git a/include/abg-hash.h b/include/abg-hash.h
index 10adedee..ccf50c12 100644
--- a/include/abg-hash.h
+++ b/include/abg-hash.h
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ 
 #define __ABG_HASH_H__
 
 #include <cstddef>
+#include <cstdint>
+#include <string>
 
 namespace abigail
 {
@@ -34,6 +36,9 @@  namespace hashing
   /// This is copied from tree.c in GCC.
   std::size_t
   combine_hashes(std::size_t, std::size_t);
+
+  uint32_t
+  fnv_hash(const std::string& str);
 }//end namespace hashing
 }//end namespace abigail
 
diff --git a/include/abg-writer.h b/include/abg-writer.h
index 8086d828..d44b4838 100644
--- a/include/abg-writer.h
+++ b/include/abg-writer.h
@@ -38,6 +38,13 @@  namespace xml_writer
 
 using namespace abigail::ir;
 
+/// The style of type id the XML writer will output.
+enum type_id_style_kind
+{
+  SEQUENCE_TYPE_ID_STYLE,
+  HASH_TYPE_ID_STYLE
+};
+
 class write_context;
 
 /// A convenience typedef for a shared pointer to write_context.
@@ -74,6 +81,9 @@  set_short_locs(write_context& ctxt, bool flag);
 void
 set_write_parameter_names(write_context& ctxt, bool flag);
 
+void
+set_type_id_style(write_context& ctxt, type_id_style_kind style);
+
 /// A convenience generic function to set common options (usually used
 /// by Libabigail tools) from a generic options carrying-object, into
 /// a given @ref write_context.
@@ -96,6 +106,7 @@  set_common_options(write_context& ctxt, const OPTS& opts)
   set_write_parameter_names(ctxt, opts.write_parameter_names);
   set_short_locs(ctxt, opts.short_locs);
   set_write_default_sizes(ctxt, opts.default_sizes);
+  set_type_id_style(ctxt, opts.type_id_style);
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/src/abg-hash.cc b/src/abg-hash.cc
index 0646ab16..c1cdc57b 100644
--- a/src/abg-hash.cc
+++ b/src/abg-hash.cc
@@ -60,6 +60,36 @@  combine_hashes(size_t val1, size_t val2)
   return val2;
 }
 
+/// Compute a stable string hash.
+///
+/// std::hash has no portability or stability guarantees so is
+/// unsuitable where reproducibility is a requirement such as in XML
+/// output.
+///
+/// This is the 32-bit FNV-1a algorithm. The algorithm, reference code
+/// and constants are all unencumbered. It is fast and has reasonable
+/// distribution properties.
+///
+/// https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fowler-Noll-Vo_hash_function
+///
+/// @param str the string to hash.
+///
+/// @return an unsigned 32 bit hash value.
+uint32_t
+fnv_hash(const std::string& str)
+{
+  const uint32_t prime = 0x01000193;
+  const uint32_t offset_basis = 0x811c9dc5;
+  uint32_t hash = offset_basis;
+  for (std::string::const_iterator i = str.begin(); i != str.end(); ++i)
+    {
+      uint8_t byte = *i;
+      hash = hash ^ byte;
+      hash = hash * prime;
+    }
+  return hash;
+}
+
 }//end namespace hashing
 
 using std::list;
diff --git a/src/abg-writer.cc b/src/abg-writer.cc
index bafa3024..ce0bae2d 100644
--- a/src/abg-writer.cc
+++ b/src/abg-writer.cc
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ 
 
 #include "config.h"
 #include <assert.h>
+#include <iomanip>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <fstream>
 #include <sstream>
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@  ABG_BEGIN_EXPORT_DECLARATIONS
 #include "abg-config.h"
 #include "abg-corpus.h"
 #include "abg-diff-utils.h"
+#include "abg-hash.h"
 #include "abg-sptr-utils.h"
 
 #if WITH_ZIP_ARCHIVE
@@ -177,7 +179,9 @@  class write_context
   bool					m_write_parameter_names;
   bool					m_short_locs;
   bool					m_write_default_sizes;
+  type_id_style_kind			m_type_id_style;
   mutable type_ptr_map			m_type_id_map;
+  mutable unordered_set<uint32_t>	m_used_type_id_hashes;
   mutable type_ptr_set_type		m_emitted_type_set;
   type_ptr_set_type			m_emitted_decl_only_set;
   // A map of types that are referenced by emitted pointers,
@@ -214,7 +218,8 @@  public:
       m_write_elf_needed(true),
       m_write_parameter_names(true),
       m_short_locs(false),
-      m_write_default_sizes(true)
+      m_write_default_sizes(true),
+      m_type_id_style(SEQUENCE_TYPE_ID_STYLE)
   {}
 
   /// Getter of the environment we are operating from.
@@ -374,6 +379,24 @@  public:
   set_show_locs(bool f)
   {m_show_locs = f;}
 
+  /// Getter of the "type-id-style" option.
+  ///
+  /// This option controls the kind of type ids used in XML output.
+  ///
+  /// @return the value of the "type-id-style" option.
+  type_id_style_kind
+  get_type_id_style() const
+  {return m_type_id_style;}
+
+  /// Setter of the "type-id-style" option.
+  ///
+  /// This option controls the kind of type ids used in XML output.
+  ///
+  /// @param style the new value of the "type-id-style" option.
+  void
+  set_type_id_style(type_id_style_kind style)
+  {m_type_id_style = style;}
+
   /// Getter of the @ref id_manager.
   ///
   /// @return the @ref id_manager used by the current instance of @ref
@@ -421,14 +444,29 @@  public:
       c = const_cast<type_base*>(t);
 
     type_ptr_map::const_iterator it = m_type_id_map.find(c);
-    if (it == m_type_id_map.end())
+    if (it != m_type_id_map.end())
+      return it->second;
+
+    switch (m_type_id_style)
       {
-	interned_string id =
-	  get_id_manager().get_id_with_prefix("type-id-");
-	m_type_id_map[c] = id;
-	return id;
+      case SEQUENCE_TYPE_ID_STYLE:
+        {
+          interned_string id = get_id_manager().get_id_with_prefix("type-id-");
+          return m_type_id_map[c] = id;
+        }
+      case HASH_TYPE_ID_STYLE:
+        {
+          interned_string pretty = c->get_cached_pretty_representation(true);
+          size_t hash = hashing::fnv_hash(*pretty.raw());
+          while (!m_used_type_id_hashes.insert(hash).second)
+            ++hash;
+          std::ostringstream os;
+          os << std::hex << std::setfill('0') << std::setw(8) << hash;
+          return m_type_id_map[c] = c->get_environment()->intern(os.str());
+        }
       }
-    return it->second;
+    ABG_ASSERT_NOT_REACHED;
+    return interned_string();
   }
 
   string
@@ -2131,6 +2169,17 @@  void
 set_write_default_sizes(write_context& ctxt, bool flag)
 {ctxt.set_write_default_sizes(flag);}
 
+/// Set the 'type-id-style' property.
+///
+/// This property controls the kind of type ids used in XML output.
+///
+/// @param ctxt the context to set this property on.
+///
+/// @param style the new value of the 'type-id-style' property.
+void
+set_type_id_style(write_context& ctxt, type_id_style_kind style)
+{ctxt.set_type_id_style(style);}
+
 /// Serialize the canonical types of a given scope.
 ///
 /// @param scope the scope to consider.
diff --git a/tests/data/Makefile.am b/tests/data/Makefile.am
index 6592ba32..8ccd50a0 100644
--- a/tests/data/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/data/Makefile.am
@@ -395,33 +395,42 @@  test-diff-dwarf/PR25058-liblttng-ctl2.10.so \
 \
 test-read-dwarf/test0			\
 test-read-dwarf/test0.abi			\
+test-read-dwarf/test0.hash.abi		\
 test-read-dwarf/test0.cc			\
 test-read-dwarf/test1			\
 test-read-dwarf/test1.abi			\
+test-read-dwarf/test1.hash.abi		\
 test-read-dwarf/test1.cc			\
 test-read-dwarf/test2.h		\
 test-read-dwarf/test2-0.cc		\
 test-read-dwarf/test2-1.cc		\
 test-read-dwarf/test2.so		\
 test-read-dwarf/test2.so.abi		\
+test-read-dwarf/test2.so.hash.abi	\
 test-read-dwarf/test3.c		\
 test-read-dwarf/test3.so		\
 test-read-dwarf/test3.so.abi		\
+test-read-dwarf/test3.so.hash.abi	\
 test-read-dwarf/test4.c		\
 test-read-dwarf/test4.so		\
 test-read-dwarf/test4.so.abi		\
+test-read-dwarf/test4.so.hash.abi	\
 test-read-dwarf/test5.cc		\
 test-read-dwarf/test5.o		\
 test-read-dwarf/test5.o.abi		\
+test-read-dwarf/test5.o.hash.abi	\
 test-read-dwarf/test6.cc		\
 test-read-dwarf/test6.so		\
 test-read-dwarf/test6.so.abi		\
+test-read-dwarf/test6.so.hash.abi	\
 test-read-dwarf/test7.cc		\
 test-read-dwarf/test7.so		\
 test-read-dwarf/test7.so.abi		\
+test-read-dwarf/test7.so.hash.abi	\
 test-read-dwarf/test8-qualified-this-pointer.cc		\
 test-read-dwarf/test8-qualified-this-pointer.so		\
 test-read-dwarf/test8-qualified-this-pointer.so.abi		\
+test-read-dwarf/test8-qualified-this-pointer.so.hash.abi	\
 test-read-dwarf/test9-pr18818-clang.so  \
 test-read-dwarf/test10-pr18818-gcc.so \
 test-read-dwarf/test9-pr18818-clang.so.abi  \
diff --git a/tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test0.hash.abi b/tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test0.hash.abi
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3d34a9de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test0.hash.abi
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@ 
+<abi-corpus path='data/test-read-dwarf/test0'>
+  <elf-needed>
+    <dependency name='libstdc++.so.6'/>
+    <dependency name='libm.so.6'/>
+    <dependency name='libgcc_s.so.1'/>
+    <dependency name='libc.so.6'/>
+  </elf-needed>
+  <elf-function-symbols>
+    <elf-symbol name='_ZN3ns03barEiz' type='func-type' binding='global-binding' visibility='default-visibility' is-defined='yes'/>
+    <elf-symbol name='_ZN3ns03bazERi' type='func-type' binding='global-binding' visibility='default-visibility' is-defined='yes'/>
+    <elf-symbol name='_ZN3ns03fooEPcl' type='func-type' binding='global-binding' visibility='default-visibility' is-defined='yes'/>
+    <elf-symbol name='_ZN3ns04bar2ERNS_1EE' type='func-type' binding='global-binding' visibility='default-visibility' is-defined='yes'/>
+    <elf-symbol name='_ZN3ns04baz2ERi' type='func-type' binding='global-binding' visibility='default-visibility' is-defined='yes'/>
+    <elf-symbol name='__libc_csu_fini' type='func-type' binding='global-binding' visibility='default-visibility' is-defined='yes'/>
+    <elf-symbol name='__libc_csu_init' type='func-type' binding='global-binding' visibility='default-visibility' is-defined='yes'/>
+    <elf-symbol name='_fini' type='func-type' binding='global-binding' visibility='default-visibility' is-defined='yes'/>
+    <elf-symbol name='_init' type='func-type' binding='global-binding' visibility='default-visibility' is-defined='yes'/>
+    <elf-symbol name='_start' type='func-type' binding='global-binding' visibility='default-visibility' is-defined='yes'/>
+    <elf-symbol name='main' type='func-type' binding='global-binding' visibility='default-visibility' is-defined='yes'/>
+  </elf-function-symbols>
+  <elf-variable-symbols>
+    <elf-symbol name='_IO_stdin_used' size='4' type='object-type' binding='global-binding' visibility='default-visibility' is-defined='yes'/>
+    <elf-symbol name='global' size='4' type='object-type' binding='global-binding' visibility='default-visibility' is-defined='yes'/>
+  </elf-variable-symbols>
+  <abi-instr version='1.0' address-size='64' path='test0.cc' comp-dir-path='/home/dodji/git/libabigail/dwarf/tests/data/test-read-dwarf' language='LANG_C_plus_plus'>
+    <type-decl name='char' size-in-bits='8' id='a84c031d'/>
+    <type-decl name='int' size-in-bits='32' id='95e97e5e'/>
+    <type-decl name='long int' size-in-bits='64' id='bd54fe1a'/>
+    <type-decl name='long long int' size-in-bits='64' id='1eb56b1e'/>
+    <type-decl name='unnamed-enum-underlying-type' is-anonymous='yes' size-in-bits='32' alignment-in-bits='32' id='6406df84'/>
+    <type-decl name='void' id='48b5725f'/>
+    <pointer-type-def type-id='a84c031d' size-in-bits='64' id='26a90f95'/>
+    <reference-type-def kind='lvalue' type-id='95e97e5e' size-in-bits='64' id='769216e8'/>
+    <reference-type-def kind='lvalue' type-id='383eb5fc' size-in-bits='64' id='b176607d'/>
+    <namespace-decl name='ns0'>
+      <function-decl name='bar' mangled-name='_ZN3ns03barEiz' filepath='/home/dodji/git/libabigail/dwarf/tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test0.cc' line='12' column='1' visibility='default' binding='global' size-in-bits='64' elf-symbol-id='_ZN3ns03barEiz'>
+        <parameter type-id='95e97e5e'/>
+        <parameter is-variadic='yes'/>
+        <return type-id='48b5725f'/>
+      </function-decl>
+      <function-decl name='baz' mangled-name='_ZN3ns03bazERi' filepath='/home/dodji/git/libabigail/dwarf/tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test0.cc' line='16' column='1' visibility='default' binding='global' size-in-bits='64' elf-symbol-id='_ZN3ns03bazERi'>
+        <parameter type-id='769216e8'/>
+        <return type-id='48b5725f'/>
+      </function-decl>
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+        <underlying-type type-id='6406df84'/>
+        <enumerator name='e0' value='0'/>
+        <enumerator name='e1' value='1'/>
+      </enum-decl>
+      <function-decl name='bar2' mangled-name='_ZN3ns04bar2ERNS_1EE' filepath='/home/dodji/git/libabigail/dwarf/tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test0.cc' line='22' column='1' visibility='default' binding='global' size-in-bits='64' elf-symbol-id='_ZN3ns04bar2ERNS_1EE'>
+        <parameter type-id='b176607d'/>
+        <return type-id='48b5725f'/>
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+      <typedef-decl name='long_long' type-id='1eb56b1e' filepath='/home/dodji/git/libabigail/dwarf/tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test0.cc' line='25' column='1' id='0eabcaca'/>
+      <function-decl name='baz2' mangled-name='_ZN3ns04baz2ERi' filepath='/home/dodji/git/libabigail/dwarf/tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test0.cc' line='28' column='1' visibility='default' binding='global' size-in-bits='64' elf-symbol-id='_ZN3ns04baz2ERi'>
+        <parameter type-id='769216e8'/>
+        <return type-id='0eabcaca'/>
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+      <function-decl name='foo' mangled-name='_ZN3ns03fooEPcl' filepath='/home/dodji/git/libabigail/dwarf/tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test0.cc' line='45' column='1' visibility='default' binding='global' size-in-bits='64' elf-symbol-id='_ZN3ns03fooEPcl'>
+        <parameter type-id='26a90f95'/>
+        <parameter type-id='bd54fe1a'/>
+        <return type-id='bd54fe1a'/>
+      </function-decl>
+    </namespace-decl>
+    <function-decl name='main' mangled-name='main' filepath='/home/dodji/git/libabigail/dwarf/tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test0.cc' line='49' column='1' visibility='default' binding='global' size-in-bits='64' elf-symbol-id='main'>
+      <return type-id='95e97e5e'/>
+    </function-decl>
+    <var-decl name='global' type-id='95e97e5e' mangled-name='global' visibility='default' filepath='/home/dodji/git/libabigail/dwarf/tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test0.cc' line='3' column='1' elf-symbol-id='global'/>
+  </abi-instr>
+</abi-corpus>
diff --git a/tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test1.hash.abi b/tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test1.hash.abi
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0bd86868
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test1.hash.abi
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@ 
+<abi-corpus path='data/test-read-dwarf/test1'>
+  <elf-needed>
+    <dependency name='libstdc++.so.6'/>
+    <dependency name='libm.so.6'/>
+    <dependency name='libgcc_s.so.1'/>
+    <dependency name='libc.so.6'/>
+  </elf-needed>
+  <elf-function-symbols>
+    <elf-symbol name='_Z3fooR2s0' type='func-type' binding='global-binding' visibility='default-visibility' is-defined='yes'/>
+    <elf-symbol name='_ZN2b0C1Ev' type='func-type' binding='weak-binding' visibility='default-visibility' is-defined='yes'/>
+    <elf-symbol name='_ZN2b0C2Ev' type='func-type' binding='weak-binding' visibility='default-visibility' alias='_ZN2b0C1Ev' is-defined='yes'/>
+    <elf-symbol name='_ZN2b1C1Ev' type='func-type' binding='weak-binding' visibility='default-visibility' alias='_ZN2b1C2Ev' is-defined='yes'/>
+    <elf-symbol name='_ZN2b1C2Ev' type='func-type' binding='weak-binding' visibility='default-visibility' is-defined='yes'/>
+    <elf-symbol name='_ZN2s07mem_funEv' type='func-type' binding='global-binding' visibility='default-visibility' is-defined='yes'/>
+    <elf-symbol name='_ZN2s0C1Ev' type='func-type' binding='weak-binding' visibility='default-visibility' is-defined='yes'/>
+    <elf-symbol name='_ZN2s0D1Ev' type='func-type' binding='weak-binding' visibility='default-visibility' is-defined='yes'/>
+    <elf-symbol name='__libc_csu_fini' type='func-type' binding='global-binding' visibility='default-visibility' is-defined='yes'/>
+    <elf-symbol name='__libc_csu_init' type='func-type' binding='global-binding' visibility='default-visibility' is-defined='yes'/>
+    <elf-symbol name='_fini' type='func-type' binding='global-binding' visibility='default-visibility' is-defined='yes'/>
+    <elf-symbol name='_init' type='func-type' binding='global-binding' visibility='default-visibility' is-defined='yes'/>
+    <elf-symbol name='_start' type='func-type' binding='global-binding' visibility='default-visibility' is-defined='yes'/>
+    <elf-symbol name='main' type='func-type' binding='global-binding' visibility='default-visibility' is-defined='yes'/>
+  </elf-function-symbols>
+  <elf-variable-symbols>
+    <elf-symbol name='_IO_stdin_used' size='4' type='object-type' binding='global-binding' visibility='default-visibility' is-defined='yes'/>
+    <elf-symbol name='_ZTI2b0' size='16' type='object-type' binding='weak-binding' visibility='default-visibility' is-defined='yes'/>
+    <elf-symbol name='_ZTI2b1' size='16' type='object-type' binding='weak-binding' visibility='default-visibility' is-defined='yes'/>
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+    <elf-symbol name='_ZTS2b0' size='4' type='object-type' binding='weak-binding' visibility='default-visibility' is-defined='yes'/>
+    <elf-symbol name='_ZTS2b1' size='4' type='object-type' binding='weak-binding' visibility='default-visibility' is-defined='yes'/>
+    <elf-symbol name='_ZTS2s0' size='4' type='object-type' binding='weak-binding' visibility='default-visibility' is-defined='yes'/>
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+  </elf-variable-symbols>
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+    <type-decl name='char' size-in-bits='8' id='a84c031d'/>
+    <type-decl name='double' size-in-bits='64' id='a0eb0f08'/>
+    <type-decl name='int' size-in-bits='32' id='95e97e5e'/>
+    <type-decl name='long long int' size-in-bits='64' id='1eb56b1e'/>
+    <type-decl name='unsigned char' size-in-bits='8' id='002ac4a6'/>
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+      </data-member>
+    </class-decl>
+    <class-decl name='b1' size-in-bits='128' is-struct='yes' visibility='default' filepath='/home/dodji/git/libabigail/dwarf/tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test1.cc' line='7' column='1' id='95c6f664'>
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+        <var-decl name='m0' type-id='a0eb0f08' visibility='default' filepath='/home/dodji/git/libabigail/dwarf/tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test1.cc' line='9' column='1'/>
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+    <class-decl name='s0' size-in-bits='384' is-struct='yes' visibility='default' filepath='/home/dodji/git/libabigail/dwarf/tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test1.cc' line='13' column='1' id='10ec88de'>
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+
+        <member-type access='public'>
+          <typedef-decl name='integer' type-id='95e97e5e' filepath='/home/dodji/git/libabigail/dwarf/tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test1.cc' line='15' column='1' id='61814d27'/>
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+
+        <member-type access='public'>
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+        <var-decl name='m0' type-id='61814d27' visibility='default' filepath='/home/dodji/git/libabigail/dwarf/tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test1.cc' line='18' column='1'/>
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+        <var-decl name='m1' type-id='92bf8355' visibility='default' filepath='/home/dodji/git/libabigail/dwarf/tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test1.cc' line='19' column='1'/>
+      </data-member>
+      <member-function access='public' constructor='yes'>
+        <function-decl name='s0' filepath='/home/dodji/git/libabigail/dwarf/tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test1.cc' line='21' column='1' visibility='default' binding='global' size-in-bits='64'>
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+          <parameter type-id='95e97e5e' is-artificial='yes'/>
+          <parameter type-id='63e171df' is-artificial='yes'/>
+          <return type-id='48b5725f'/>
+        </function-decl>
+      </member-function>
+      <member-function access='public' destructor='yes'>
+        <function-decl name='~s0' filepath='/home/dodji/git/libabigail/dwarf/tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test1.cc' line='27' column='1' visibility='default' binding='global' size-in-bits='64'>
+          <parameter type-id='a1a34114' is-artificial='yes'/>
+          <parameter type-id='95e97e5e' is-artificial='yes'/>
+          <parameter type-id='63e171df' is-artificial='yes'/>
+          <return type-id='48b5725f'/>
+        </function-decl>
+      </member-function>
+      <member-function access='public'>
+        <function-decl name='mem_fun' mangled-name='_ZN2s07mem_funEv' filepath='/home/dodji/git/libabigail/dwarf/tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test1.cc' line='36' column='1' visibility='default' binding='global' size-in-bits='64' elf-symbol-id='_ZN2s07mem_funEv'>
+          <parameter type-id='a1a34114' is-artificial='yes'/>
+          <return type-id='61814d27'/>
+        </function-decl>
+      </member-function>
+      <member-function access='public' constructor='yes'>
+        <function-decl name='s0' mangled-name='_ZN2s0C1Ev' filepath='/home/dodji/git/libabigail/dwarf/tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test1.cc' line='21' column='1' visibility='default' binding='global' size-in-bits='64' elf-symbol-id='_ZN2s0C1Ev'>
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+          <parameter type-id='95e97e5e' is-artificial='yes'/>
+          <parameter type-id='63e171df' is-artificial='yes'/>
+          <return type-id='48b5725f'/>
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+      </member-function>
+      <member-function access='public' destructor='yes'>
+        <function-decl name='~s0' mangled-name='_ZN2s0D1Ev' filepath='/home/dodji/git/libabigail/dwarf/tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test1.cc' line='27' column='1' visibility='default' binding='global' size-in-bits='64' elf-symbol-id='_ZN2s0D1Ev'>
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+          <parameter type-id='95e97e5e' is-artificial='yes'/>
+          <parameter type-id='63e171df' is-artificial='yes'/>
+          <return type-id='48b5725f'/>
+        </function-decl>
+      </member-function>
+    </class-decl>
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+    <reference-type-def kind='lvalue' type-id='10ec88de' size-in-bits='64' id='95a32e30'/>
+    <pointer-type-def type-id='10ec88de' size-in-bits='64' id='a1a34114'/>
+    <pointer-type-def type-id='48b5725f' size-in-bits='64' id='eaa32e2f'/>
+    <pointer-type-def type-id='eaa32e2f' size-in-bits='64' id='63e171df'/>
+    <function-decl name='foo' mangled-name='_Z3fooR2s0' filepath='/home/dodji/git/libabigail/dwarf/tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test1.cc' line='42' column='1' visibility='default' binding='global' size-in-bits='64' elf-symbol-id='_Z3fooR2s0'>
+      <parameter type-id='95a32e31' name='s' filepath='/home/dodji/git/libabigail/dwarf/tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test1.cc' line='42' column='1'/>
+      <return type-id='48b5725f'/>
+    </function-decl>
+    <function-decl name='main' mangled-name='main' filepath='/home/dodji/git/libabigail/dwarf/tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test1.cc' line='48' column='1' visibility='default' binding='global' size-in-bits='64' elf-symbol-id='main'>
+      <return type-id='95e97e5e'/>
+    </function-decl>
+  </abi-instr>
+</abi-corpus>
diff --git a/tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test2.so.hash.abi b/tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test2.so.hash.abi
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bb814f73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test2.so.hash.abi
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@ 
+<abi-corpus path='data/test-read-dwarf/test2.so'>
+  <elf-needed>
+    <dependency name='libstdc++.so.6'/>
+    <dependency name='libm.so.6'/>
+    <dependency name='libgcc_s.so.1'/>
+    <dependency name='libc.so.6'/>
+  </elf-needed>
+  <elf-function-symbols>
+    <elf-symbol name='_ZN10first_typeC1Ev' type='func-type' binding='global-binding' visibility='default-visibility' alias='_ZN10first_typeC2Ev' is-defined='yes'/>
+    <elf-symbol name='_ZN10first_typeC2Ev' type='func-type' binding='global-binding' visibility='default-visibility' is-defined='yes'/>
+    <elf-symbol name='_ZN11second_typeC1Ev' type='func-type' binding='global-binding' visibility='default-visibility' alias='_ZN11second_typeC2Ev' is-defined='yes'/>
+    <elf-symbol name='_ZN11second_typeC2Ev' type='func-type' binding='global-binding' visibility='default-visibility' is-defined='yes'/>
+    <elf-symbol name='_ZN1a16build_first_typeEv' type='func-type' binding='global-binding' visibility='default-visibility' is-defined='yes'/>
+    <elf-symbol name='_ZN1a17build_second_typeEv' type='func-type' binding='global-binding' visibility='default-visibility' is-defined='yes'/>
+    <elf-symbol name='_fini' type='func-type' binding='global-binding' visibility='default-visibility' is-defined='yes'/>
+    <elf-symbol name='_init' type='func-type' binding='global-binding' visibility='default-visibility' is-defined='yes'/>
+  </elf-function-symbols>
+  <abi-instr version='1.0' address-size='64' path='test2-0.cc' comp-dir-path='/home/dodji/git/libabigail/dwarf/tests/data/test-read-dwarf' language='LANG_C_plus_plus'>
+    <type-decl name='int' size-in-bits='32' id='95e97e5e'/>
+    <typedef-decl name='character' type-id='002ac4a6' id='8ec86933'/>
+    <typedef-decl name='integer' type-id='95e97e5e' id='c2cab9c6'/>
+    <type-decl name='unsigned char' size-in-bits='8' id='002ac4a6'/>
+    <type-decl name='void' id='48b5725f'/>
+    <class-decl name='first_type' size-in-bits='64' is-struct='yes' visibility='default' filepath='/home/dodji/git/libabigail/dwarf/tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test2.h' line='4' column='1' id='55265432'>
+      <data-member access='public' layout-offset-in-bits='0'>
+        <var-decl name='member0' type-id='c2cab9c6' visibility='default' filepath='/home/dodji/git/libabigail/dwarf/tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test2.h' line='6' column='1'/>
+      </data-member>
+      <data-member access='public' layout-offset-in-bits='32'>
+        <var-decl name='member1' type-id='8ec86933' visibility='default' filepath='/home/dodji/git/libabigail/dwarf/tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test2.h' line='7' column='1'/>
+      </data-member>
+      <member-function access='public' constructor='yes'>
+        <function-decl name='first_type' filepath='/home/dodji/git/libabigail/dwarf/tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test2.h' line='9' column='1' visibility='default' binding='global' size-in-bits='64'>
+          <parameter type-id='82c95d70' is-artificial='yes'/>
+          <return type-id='48b5725f'/>
+        </function-decl>
+      </member-function>
+      <member-function access='public' constructor='yes'>
+        <function-decl name='first_type' mangled-name='_ZN10first_typeC2Ev' filepath='/home/dodji/git/libabigail/dwarf/tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test2.h' line='9' column='1' visibility='default' binding='global' size-in-bits='64' elf-symbol-id='_ZN10first_typeC1Ev'>
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+          <return type-id='48b5725f'/>
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+      </member-function>
+    </class-decl>
+    <pointer-type-def type-id='55265432' size-in-bits='64' id='82c95d70'/>
+    <namespace-decl name='a'>
+      <function-decl name='build_first_type' mangled-name='_ZN1a16build_first_typeEv' filepath='/home/dodji/git/libabigail/dwarf/tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test2-0.cc' line='13' column='1' visibility='default' binding='global' size-in-bits='64' elf-symbol-id='_ZN1a16build_first_typeEv'>
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+      </function-decl>
+    </namespace-decl>
+  </abi-instr>
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+    <class-decl name='second_type' size-in-bits='64' is-struct='yes' visibility='default' filepath='/home/dodji/git/libabigail/dwarf/tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test2.h' line='12' column='1' id='cf111fae'>
+      <data-member access='public' layout-offset-in-bits='0'>
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+      </data-member>
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+      </data-member>
+      <member-function access='public' constructor='yes'>
+        <function-decl name='second_type' filepath='/home/dodji/git/libabigail/dwarf/tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test2.h' line='17' column='1' visibility='default' binding='global' size-in-bits='64'>
+          <parameter type-id='fc0abc74' is-artificial='yes'/>
+          <return type-id='48b5725f'/>
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+      </member-function>
+      <member-function access='public' constructor='yes'>
+        <function-decl name='second_type' mangled-name='_ZN11second_typeC2Ev' filepath='/home/dodji/git/libabigail/dwarf/tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test2.h' line='17' column='1' visibility='default' binding='global' size-in-bits='64' elf-symbol-id='_ZN11second_typeC1Ev'>
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+          <return type-id='48b5725f'/>
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+      </member-function>
+    </class-decl>
+    <pointer-type-def type-id='cf111fae' size-in-bits='64' id='fc0abc74'/>
+    <namespace-decl name='a'>
+      <function-decl name='build_second_type' mangled-name='_ZN1a17build_second_typeEv' filepath='/home/dodji/git/libabigail/dwarf/tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test2-1.cc' line='13' column='1' visibility='default' binding='global' size-in-bits='64' elf-symbol-id='_ZN1a17build_second_typeEv'>
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diff --git a/tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test3.so.hash.abi b/tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test3.so.hash.abi
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e01f3959
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test3.so.hash.abi
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ 
+<abi-corpus path='data/test-read-dwarf/test3.so' soname='test3.so.1'>
+  <elf-needed>
+    <dependency name='libc.so.6'/>
+  </elf-needed>
+  <elf-function-symbols>
+    <elf-symbol name='__foo' type='func-type' binding='global-binding' visibility='default-visibility' is-defined='yes'/>
+    <elf-symbol name='__foo__' type='func-type' binding='global-binding' visibility='default-visibility' is-defined='yes'/>
+    <elf-symbol name='_fini' type='func-type' binding='global-binding' visibility='default-visibility' is-defined='yes'/>
+    <elf-symbol name='_init' type='func-type' binding='global-binding' visibility='default-visibility' is-defined='yes'/>
+    <elf-symbol name='foo' type='func-type' binding='weak-binding' visibility='default-visibility' alias='foo__,__foo__,__foo' is-defined='yes'/>
+    <elf-symbol name='foo__' type='func-type' binding='weak-binding' visibility='default-visibility' is-defined='yes'/>
+  </elf-function-symbols>
+  <abi-instr version='1.0' address-size='64' path='test3.c' comp-dir-path='/home/skumari/Tasks/source_repo/dodji/libabigail/tests/data/test-read-dwarf' language='LANG_C89'>
+    <type-decl name='void' id='48b5725f'/>
+    <function-decl name='__foo' mangled-name='foo' filepath='/home/skumari/Tasks/source_repo/dodji/libabigail/tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test3.c' line='8' column='1' visibility='default' binding='global' size-in-bits='64' elf-symbol-id='foo'>
+      <return type-id='48b5725f'/>
+    </function-decl>
+  </abi-instr>
+</abi-corpus>
diff --git a/tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test4.so.hash.abi b/tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test4.so.hash.abi
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..446df1da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test4.so.hash.abi
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ 
+<abi-corpus path='data/test-read-dwarf/test4.so'>
+  <elf-needed>
+    <dependency name='libc.so.6'/>
+  </elf-needed>
+  <elf-function-symbols>
+    <elf-symbol name='cpy' type='func-type' binding='global-binding' visibility='default-visibility' is-defined='yes'/>
+  </elf-function-symbols>
+  <abi-instr version='1.0' address-size='64' path='test4.c' comp-dir-path='/home/mark/src/tests' language='LANG_C89'>
+    <type-decl name='char' size-in-bits='8' id='a84c031d'/>
+    <type-decl name='unsigned int' size-in-bits='32' id='f0981eeb'/>
+    <pointer-type-def type-id='a84c031d' size-in-bits='64' id='26a90f95'/>
+    <qualified-type-def type-id='26a90f95' restrict='yes' id='266fe297'/>
+    <qualified-type-def type-id='a84c031d' const='yes' id='9b45d938'/>
+    <pointer-type-def type-id='9b45d938' size-in-bits='64' id='80f4b756'/>
+    <qualified-type-def type-id='80f4b756' restrict='yes' id='9d26089a'/>
+    <function-decl name='cpy' mangled-name='cpy' filepath='/home/mark/src/tests/test4.c' line='2' column='1' visibility='default' binding='global' size-in-bits='64' elf-symbol-id='cpy'>
+      <parameter type-id='266fe297' name='s1' filepath='/home/mark/src/tests/test4.c' line='2' column='1'/>
+      <parameter type-id='9d26089a' name='s2' filepath='/home/mark/src/tests/test4.c' line='2' column='1'/>
+      <parameter type-id='f0981eeb' name='n' filepath='/home/mark/src/tests/test4.c' line='2' column='1'/>
+      <return type-id='26a90f95'/>
+    </function-decl>
+  </abi-instr>
+</abi-corpus>
diff --git a/tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test5.o.hash.abi b/tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test5.o.hash.abi
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9ed9932a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test5.o.hash.abi
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ 
+<abi-corpus path='data/test-read-dwarf/test5.o'>
+  <elf-function-symbols>
+    <elf-symbol name='_Z3barPv' type='func-type' binding='global-binding' visibility='default-visibility' is-defined='yes'/>
+  </elf-function-symbols>
+  <abi-instr version='1.0' address-size='64' path='test.cc' comp-dir-path='/home/dodji/libabigailtests' language='LANG_C_plus_plus'>
+    <type-decl name='void' id='48b5725f'/>
+    <pointer-type-def type-id='48b5725f' size-in-bits='64' id='eaa32e2f'/>
+    <function-decl name='bar' mangled-name='_Z3barPv' filepath='/home/dodji/libabigailtests/test.cc' line='2' column='1' visibility='default' binding='global' size-in-bits='64' elf-symbol-id='_Z3barPv'>
+      <parameter type-id='eaa32e2f'/>
+      <return type-id='48b5725f'/>
+    </function-decl>
+  </abi-instr>
+</abi-corpus>
diff --git a/tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test6.so.hash.abi b/tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test6.so.hash.abi
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7867a28f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test6.so.hash.abi
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ 
+<abi-corpus path='data/test-read-dwarf/test6.so'>
+  <elf-needed>
+    <dependency name='libstdc++.so.6'/>
+    <dependency name='libm.so.6'/>
+    <dependency name='libgcc_s.so.1'/>
+    <dependency name='libc.so.6'/>
+  </elf-needed>
+  <elf-function-symbols>
+    <elf-symbol name='_Z3barv' type='func-type' binding='global-binding' visibility='default-visibility' is-defined='yes'/>
+    <elf-symbol name='_Z4blehv' type='func-type' binding='global-binding' visibility='default-visibility' is-defined='yes'/>
+    <elf-symbol name='_ZN1B3fooEv' type='func-type' binding='weak-binding' visibility='default-visibility' is-defined='yes'/>
+    <elf-symbol name='_fini' type='func-type' binding='global-binding' visibility='default-visibility' is-defined='yes'/>
+    <elf-symbol name='_init' type='func-type' binding='global-binding' visibility='default-visibility' is-defined='yes'/>
+  </elf-function-symbols>
+  <elf-variable-symbols>
+    <elf-symbol name='_ZN1CIiE3barE' size='4' type='object-type' binding='gnu-unique-binding' visibility='default-visibility' is-defined='yes'/>
+    <elf-symbol name='_ZZN1B3fooEvE1a' size='4' type='object-type' binding='gnu-unique-binding' visibility='default-visibility' is-defined='yes'/>
+  </elf-variable-symbols>
+  <abi-instr version='1.0' address-size='64' path='test6.cc' comp-dir-path='/home/skumari/Tasks/source_repo/dodji/libabigail/tests/data/test-read-dwarf' language='LANG_C_plus_plus'>
+    <type-decl name='int' size-in-bits='32' id='95e97e5e'/>
+    <class-decl name='B' size-in-bits='8' is-struct='yes' visibility='default' filepath='/home/skumari/Tasks/source_repo/dodji/libabigail/tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test6.cc' line='9' column='1' id='41d98c5d'>
+      <member-function access='public'>
+        <function-decl name='foo' mangled-name='_ZN1B3fooEv' filepath='/home/skumari/Tasks/source_repo/dodji/libabigail/tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test6.cc' line='11' column='1' visibility='default' binding='global' size-in-bits='64' elf-symbol-id='_ZN1B3fooEv'>
+          <parameter type-id='06dd347d' is-artificial='yes'/>
+          <return type-id='95e97e5e'/>
+        </function-decl>
+      </member-function>
+    </class-decl>
+    <class-decl name='C&lt;int&gt;' size-in-bits='8' is-struct='yes' visibility='default' filepath='/home/skumari/Tasks/source_repo/dodji/libabigail/tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test6.cc' line='26' column='1' id='923eef9f'>
+      <data-member access='public' static='yes'>
+        <var-decl name='bar' type-id='95e97e5e' mangled-name='_ZN1CIiE3barE' visibility='default' filepath='/home/skumari/Tasks/source_repo/dodji/libabigail/tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test6.cc' line='31' column='1' elf-symbol-id='_ZN1CIiE3barE'/>
+      </data-member>
+    </class-decl>
+    <pointer-type-def type-id='41d98c5d' size-in-bits='64' id='06dd347d'/>
+    <function-decl name='bar' mangled-name='_Z3barv' filepath='/home/skumari/Tasks/source_repo/dodji/libabigail/tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test6.cc' line='19' column='1' visibility='default' binding='global' size-in-bits='64' elf-symbol-id='_Z3barv'>
+      <return type-id='95e97e5e'/>
+    </function-decl>
+    <function-decl name='bleh' mangled-name='_Z4blehv' filepath='/home/skumari/Tasks/source_repo/dodji/libabigail/tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test6.cc' line='34' column='1' visibility='default' binding='global' size-in-bits='64' elf-symbol-id='_Z4blehv'>
+      <return type-id='95e97e5e'/>
+    </function-decl>
+  </abi-instr>
+</abi-corpus>
diff --git a/tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test7.so.hash.abi b/tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test7.so.hash.abi
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a04025f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test7.so.hash.abi
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@ 
+<abi-corpus path='data/test-read-dwarf/test7.so'>
+  <elf-function-symbols>
+    <elf-symbol name='_Z3fooR1S' type='func-type' binding='global-binding' visibility='default-visibility' is-defined='yes'/>
+  </elf-function-symbols>
+  <abi-instr version='1.0' address-size='64' path='test7.cc' comp-dir-path='/home/ooprala/rh/u/libabigail/tests/data/test-read-dwarf' language='LANG_C_plus_plus'>
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+    <type-decl name='char' size-in-bits='8' id='a84c031d'/>
+    <array-type-def dimensions='1' type-id='26a90f95' size-in-bits='448' id='0626c76e'>
+      <subrange length='7' type-id='4c87fef4' id='16fc326e'/>
+
+    </array-type-def>
+    <array-type-def dimensions='1' type-id='a84c031d' size-in-bits='8' id='89feb1ec'>
+      <subrange length='1' type-id='4c87fef4' id='52f813b4'/>
+
+    </array-type-def>
+    <array-type-def dimensions='1' type-id='a84c031d' size-in-bits='infinite' id='e84913bd'>
+      <subrange length='infinite' type-id='4c87fef4' id='031f2035'/>
+
+    </array-type-def>
+    <type-decl name='double' size-in-bits='64' id='a0eb0f08'/>
+    <array-type-def dimensions='2' type-id='a0eb0f08' size-in-bits='960' id='9ba86d8c'>
+      <subrange length='5' type-id='4c87fef4' id='53010e10'/>
+
+      <subrange length='3' type-id='4c87fef4' id='56f209d2'/>
+
+    </array-type-def>
+    <type-decl name='int' size-in-bits='32' id='95e97e5e'/>
+    <array-type-def dimensions='1' type-id='7292109c' size-in-bits='256' id='5abcdf1a'>
+      <subrange length='4' type-id='4c87fef4' id='16fe7105'/>
+
+    </array-type-def>
+    <array-type-def dimensions='1' type-id='07535890' size-in-bits='640' id='bea34bd7'>
+      <subrange length='10' type-id='4c87fef4' id='487da03a'/>
+
+    </array-type-def>
+    <array-type-def dimensions='1' type-id='95e97e5e' size-in-bits='160' id='e41e1db9'>
+      <subrange length='5' type-id='4c87fef4' id='53010e10'/>
+
+    </array-type-def>
+    <type-decl name='sizetype' size-in-bits='64' id='4c87fef4'/>
+    <class-decl name='S' size-in-bits='2304' is-struct='yes' visibility='default' filepath='/home/ooprala/rh/u/libabigail/tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test7.cc' line='1' column='1' id='50d9a3fa'>
+      <data-member access='public' layout-offset-in-bits='0'>
+        <var-decl name='a' type-id='e41e1db9' visibility='default' filepath='/home/ooprala/rh/u/libabigail/tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test7.cc' line='3' column='1'/>
+      </data-member>
+      <data-member access='public' layout-offset-in-bits='192'>
+        <var-decl name='b' type-id='0626c76e' visibility='default' filepath='/home/ooprala/rh/u/libabigail/tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test7.cc' line='4' column='1'/>
+      </data-member>
+      <data-member access='public' layout-offset-in-bits='640'>
+        <var-decl name='c' type-id='9ba86d8c' visibility='default' filepath='/home/ooprala/rh/u/libabigail/tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test7.cc' line='5' column='1'/>
+      </data-member>
+      <data-member access='public' layout-offset-in-bits='1600'>
+        <var-decl name='d' type-id='bea34bd7' visibility='default' filepath='/home/ooprala/rh/u/libabigail/tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test7.cc' line='6' column='1'/>
+      </data-member>
+      <data-member access='public' layout-offset-in-bits='2240'>
+        <var-decl name='e' type-id='89feb1ec' visibility='default' filepath='/home/ooprala/rh/u/libabigail/tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test7.cc' line='7' column='1'/>
+      </data-member>
+      <data-member access='public' layout-offset-in-bits='2248'>
+        <var-decl name='f' type-id='e84913bd' visibility='default' filepath='/home/ooprala/rh/u/libabigail/tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test7.cc' line='8' column='1'/>
+      </data-member>
+    </class-decl>
+    <qualified-type-def type-id='f901ef4c' id='f901ef4d'/>
+    <reference-type-def kind='lvalue' type-id='50d9a3fa' size-in-bits='64' id='f901ef4c'/>
+    <pointer-type-def type-id='a84c031d' size-in-bits='64' id='26a90f95'/>
+    <pointer-type-def type-id='95e97e5e' size-in-bits='64' id='7292109c'/>
+    <pointer-type-def type-id='5abcdf1a' size-in-bits='64' id='07535890'/>
+    <function-decl name='foo' mangled-name='_Z3fooR1S' filepath='/home/ooprala/rh/u/libabigail/tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test7.cc' line='11' column='1' visibility='default' binding='global' size-in-bits='64' elf-symbol-id='_Z3fooR1S'>
+      <parameter type-id='f901ef4d'/>
+      <return type-id='95e97e5e'/>
+    </function-decl>
+  </abi-instr>
+</abi-corpus>
diff --git a/tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test8-qualified-this-pointer.so.hash.abi b/tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test8-qualified-this-pointer.so.hash.abi
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7197425d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test8-qualified-this-pointer.so.hash.abi
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ 
+<abi-corpus path='data/test-read-dwarf/test8-qualified-this-pointer.so'>
+  <elf-needed>
+    <dependency name='libstdc++.so.6'/>
+    <dependency name='libm.so.6'/>
+    <dependency name='libgcc_s.so.1'/>
+    <dependency name='libc.so.6'/>
+  </elf-needed>
+  <elf-function-symbols>
+    <elf-symbol name='_ZNK1S3fooEv' type='func-type' binding='global-binding' visibility='default-visibility' is-defined='yes'/>
+    <elf-symbol name='_fini' type='func-type' binding='global-binding' visibility='default-visibility' is-defined='yes'/>
+    <elf-symbol name='_init' type='func-type' binding='global-binding' visibility='default-visibility' is-defined='yes'/>
+  </elf-function-symbols>
+  <abi-instr version='1.0' address-size='64' path='test8-qualified-this-pointer.cc' comp-dir-path='/home/dodji/git/libabigail/master/tests/data/test-read-dwarf' language='LANG_C_plus_plus'>
+    <type-decl name='int' size-in-bits='32' id='95e97e5e'/>
+    <type-decl name='void' id='48b5725f'/>
+    <class-decl name='S' size-in-bits='32' is-struct='yes' visibility='default' filepath='/home/dodji/git/libabigail/master/tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test8-qualified-this-pointer.cc' line='1' column='1' id='50d9a3fa'>
+      <data-member access='public' layout-offset-in-bits='0'>
+        <var-decl name='i' type-id='95e97e5e' visibility='default' filepath='/home/dodji/git/libabigail/master/tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test8-qualified-this-pointer.cc' line='3' column='1'/>
+      </data-member>
+      <member-function access='public' constructor='yes'>
+        <function-decl name='S' filepath='/home/dodji/git/libabigail/master/tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test8-qualified-this-pointer.cc' line='5' column='1' visibility='default' binding='global' size-in-bits='64'>
+          <parameter type-id='fd01f598' is-artificial='yes'/>
+          <return type-id='48b5725f'/>
+        </function-decl>
+      </member-function>
+      <member-function access='public' const='yes'>
+        <function-decl name='foo' mangled-name='_ZNK1S3fooEv' filepath='/home/dodji/git/libabigail/master/tests/data/test-read-dwarf/test8-qualified-this-pointer.cc' line='10' column='1' visibility='default' binding='global' size-in-bits='64' elf-symbol-id='_ZNK1S3fooEv'>
+          <parameter type-id='2ee6aa55' is-artificial='yes'/>
+          <return type-id='95e97e5e'/>
+        </function-decl>
+      </member-function>
+    </class-decl>
+    <pointer-type-def type-id='50d9a3fa' size-in-bits='64' id='fd01f598'/>
+    <qualified-type-def type-id='50d9a3fa' const='yes' id='0fb3b55d'/>
+    <pointer-type-def type-id='0fb3b55d' size-in-bits='64' id='2ee6aa55'/>
+  </abi-instr>
+</abi-corpus>
diff --git a/tests/test-read-dwarf.cc b/tests/test-read-dwarf.cc
index 7c99d218..5ddb8e4e 100644
--- a/tests/test-read-dwarf.cc
+++ b/tests/test-read-dwarf.cc
@@ -46,7 +46,11 @@  using abigail::dwarf_reader::read_corpus_from_elf;
 using abigail::dwarf_reader::read_context;
 using abigail::dwarf_reader::read_context_sptr;
 using abigail::dwarf_reader::create_read_context;
+using abigail::xml_writer::SEQUENCE_TYPE_ID_STYLE;
+using abigail::xml_writer::HASH_TYPE_ID_STYLE;
 using abigail::xml_writer::create_write_context;
+using abigail::xml_writer::set_type_id_style;
+using abigail::xml_writer::type_id_style_kind;
 using abigail::xml_writer::write_context_sptr;
 using abigail::xml_writer::write_corpus;
 
@@ -56,6 +60,7 @@  struct InOutSpec
 {
   const char* in_elf_path;
   const char* in_suppr_spec_path;
+  type_id_style_kind type_id_style;
   const char* in_abi_path;
   const char* out_abi_path;
 };// end struct InOutSpec
@@ -66,174 +71,266 @@  InOutSpec in_out_specs[] =
   {
     "data/test-read-dwarf/test0",
     "",
+    SEQUENCE_TYPE_ID_STYLE,
     "data/test-read-dwarf/test0.abi",
     "output/test-read-dwarf/test0.abi"
   },
+  {
+    "data/test-read-dwarf/test0",
+    "",
+    HASH_TYPE_ID_STYLE,
+    "data/test-read-dwarf/test0.hash.abi",
+    "output/test-read-dwarf/test0.hash.abi"
+  },
   {
     "data/test-read-dwarf/test1",
     "",
+    SEQUENCE_TYPE_ID_STYLE,
     "data/test-read-dwarf/test1.abi",
     "output/test-read-dwarf/test1.abi"
   },
+  {
+    "data/test-read-dwarf/test1",
+    "",
+    HASH_TYPE_ID_STYLE,
+    "data/test-read-dwarf/test1.hash.abi",
+    "output/test-read-dwarf/test1.hash.abi"
+  },
   {
     "data/test-read-dwarf/test2.so",
     "",
+    SEQUENCE_TYPE_ID_STYLE,
     "data/test-read-dwarf/test2.so.abi",
     "output/test-read-dwarf/test2.so.abi"
   },
+  {
+    "data/test-read-dwarf/test2.so",
+    "",
+    HASH_TYPE_ID_STYLE,
+    "data/test-read-dwarf/test2.so.hash.abi",
+    "output/test-read-dwarf/test2.so.hash.abi"
+  },
   {
     "data/test-read-dwarf/test3.so",
     "",
+    SEQUENCE_TYPE_ID_STYLE,
     "data/test-read-dwarf/test3.so.abi",
     "output/test-read-dwarf/test3.so.abi"
   },
+  {
+    "data/test-read-dwarf/test3.so",
+    "",
+    HASH_TYPE_ID_STYLE,
+    "data/test-read-dwarf/test3.so.hash.abi",
+    "output/test-read-dwarf/test3.so.hash.abi"
+  },
   {
     "data/test-read-dwarf/test4.so",
     "",
+    SEQUENCE_TYPE_ID_STYLE,
     "data/test-read-dwarf/test4.so.abi",
     "output/test-read-dwarf/test4.so.abi"
   },
+  {
+    "data/test-read-dwarf/test4.so",
+    "",
+    HASH_TYPE_ID_STYLE,
+    "data/test-read-dwarf/test4.so.hash.abi",
+    "output/test-read-dwarf/test4.so.hash.abi"
+  },
   {
     "data/test-read-dwarf/test5.o",
     "",
+    SEQUENCE_TYPE_ID_STYLE,
     "data/test-read-dwarf/test5.o.abi",
     "output/test-read-dwarf/test5.o.abi"
   },
+  {
+    "data/test-read-dwarf/test5.o",
+    "",
+    HASH_TYPE_ID_STYLE,
+    "data/test-read-dwarf/test5.o.hash.abi",
+    "output/test-read-dwarf/test5.o.hash.abi"
+  },
   {
     "data/test-read-dwarf/test6.so",
     "",
+    SEQUENCE_TYPE_ID_STYLE,
     "data/test-read-dwarf/test6.so.abi",
     "output/test-read-dwarf/test6.so.abi"
   },
+  {
+    "data/test-read-dwarf/test6.so",
+    "",
+    HASH_TYPE_ID_STYLE,
+    "data/test-read-dwarf/test6.so.hash.abi",
+    "output/test-read-dwarf/test6.so.hash.abi"
+  },
   {
     "data/test-read-dwarf/test7.so",
     "",
+    SEQUENCE_TYPE_ID_STYLE,
     "data/test-read-dwarf/test7.so.abi",
     "output/test-read-dwarf/test7.so.abi"
   },
+  {
+    "data/test-read-dwarf/test7.so",
+    "",
+    HASH_TYPE_ID_STYLE,
+    "data/test-read-dwarf/test7.so.hash.abi",
+    "output/test-read-dwarf/test7.so.hash.abi"
+  },
   {
     "data/test-read-dwarf/test8-qualified-this-pointer.so",
     "",
+    SEQUENCE_TYPE_ID_STYLE,
     "data/test-read-dwarf/test8-qualified-this-pointer.so.abi",
     "output/test-read-dwarf/test8-qualified-this-pointer.so.abi"
   },
+  {
+    "data/test-read-dwarf/test8-qualified-this-pointer.so",
+    "",
+    HASH_TYPE_ID_STYLE,
+    "data/test-read-dwarf/test8-qualified-this-pointer.so.hash.abi",
+    "output/test-read-dwarf/test8-qualified-this-pointer.so.hash.abi"
+  },
   {
     "data/test-read-dwarf/test9-pr18818-clang.so",
     "",
+    SEQUENCE_TYPE_ID_STYLE,
     "data/test-read-dwarf/test9-pr18818-clang.so.abi",
     "output/test-read-dwarf/test9-pr18818-clang.so.abi"
   },
   {
     "data/test-read-dwarf/test10-pr18818-gcc.so",
     "",
+    SEQUENCE_TYPE_ID_STYLE,
     "data/test-read-dwarf/test10-pr18818-gcc.so.abi",
     "output/test-read-dwarf/test10-pr18818-gcc.so.abi"
   },
   {
     "data/test-read-dwarf/test11-pr18828.so",
     "",
+    SEQUENCE_TYPE_ID_STYLE,
     "data/test-read-dwarf/test11-pr18828.so.abi",
     "output/test-read-dwarf/test11-pr18828.so.abi",
   },
   {
     "data/test-read-dwarf/test12-pr18844.so",
     "",
+    SEQUENCE_TYPE_ID_STYLE,
     "data/test-read-dwarf/test12-pr18844.so.abi",
     "output/test-read-dwarf/test12-pr18844.so.abi",
   },
   {
     "data/test-read-dwarf/test13-pr18894.so",
     "",
+    SEQUENCE_TYPE_ID_STYLE,
     "data/test-read-dwarf/test13-pr18894.so.abi",
     "output/test-read-dwarf/test13-pr18894.so.abi",
   },
   {
     "data/test-read-dwarf/test14-pr18893.so",
     "",
+    SEQUENCE_TYPE_ID_STYLE,
     "data/test-read-dwarf/test14-pr18893.so.abi",
     "output/test-read-dwarf/test14-pr18893.so.abi",
   },
   {
     "data/test-read-dwarf/test15-pr18892.so",
     "",
+    SEQUENCE_TYPE_ID_STYLE,
     "data/test-read-dwarf/test15-pr18892.so.abi",
     "output/test-read-dwarf/test15-pr18892.so.abi",
   },
   {
     "data/test-read-dwarf/test16-pr18904.so",
     "",
+    SEQUENCE_TYPE_ID_STYLE,
     "data/test-read-dwarf/test16-pr18904.so.abi",
     "output/test-read-dwarf/test16-pr18904.so.abi",
   },
   {
     "data/test-read-dwarf/test17-pr19027.so",
     "",
+    SEQUENCE_TYPE_ID_STYLE,
     "data/test-read-dwarf/test17-pr19027.so.abi",
     "output/test-read-dwarf/test17-pr19027.so.abi",
   },
   {
     "data/test-read-dwarf/test18-pr19037-libvtkRenderingLIC-6.1.so",
     "",
+    SEQUENCE_TYPE_ID_STYLE,
     "data/test-read-dwarf/test18-pr19037-libvtkRenderingLIC-6.1.so.abi",
     "output/test-read-dwarf/test18-pr19037-libvtkRenderingLIC-6.1.so.abi",
   },
   {
     "data/test-read-dwarf/test19-pr19023-libtcmalloc_and_profiler.so",
     "",
+    SEQUENCE_TYPE_ID_STYLE,
     "data/test-read-dwarf/test19-pr19023-libtcmalloc_and_profiler.so.abi",
     "output/test-read-dwarf/test19-pr19023-libtcmalloc_and_profiler.so.abi",
   },
   {
     "data/test-read-dwarf/test20-pr19025-libvtkParallelCore-6.1.so",
     "",
+    SEQUENCE_TYPE_ID_STYLE,
     "data/test-read-dwarf/test20-pr19025-libvtkParallelCore-6.1.so.abi",
     "output/test-read-dwarf/test20-pr19025-libvtkParallelCore-6.1.so.abi",
   },
   {
     "data/test-read-dwarf/test21-pr19092.so",
     "",
+    SEQUENCE_TYPE_ID_STYLE,
     "data/test-read-dwarf/test21-pr19092.so.abi",
     "output/test-read-dwarf/test21-pr19092.so.abi",
   },
   {
     "data/test-read-dwarf/test22-pr19097-libstdc++.so.6.0.17.so",
     "",
+    SEQUENCE_TYPE_ID_STYLE,
     "data/test-read-dwarf/test22-pr19097-libstdc++.so.6.0.17.so.abi",
     "output/test-read-dwarf/test22-pr19097-libstdc++.so.6.0.17.so.abi",
   },
   {
     "data/test-read-dwarf/libtest23.so",
     "",
+    SEQUENCE_TYPE_ID_STYLE,
     "data/test-read-dwarf/libtest23.so.abi",
     "output/test-read-dwarf/libtest23.so.abi",
   },
   {
     "data/test-read-dwarf/libtest24-drop-fns.so",
     "data/test-read-dwarf/test24-drop-fns-0.suppr",
+    SEQUENCE_TYPE_ID_STYLE,
     "data/test-read-dwarf/libtest24-drop-fns.so.abi",
     "output/test-read-dwarf/libtest24-drop-fns.so.abi",
   },
   {
     "data/test-read-dwarf/libtest24-drop-fns.so",
     "",
+    SEQUENCE_TYPE_ID_STYLE,
     "data/test-read-dwarf/libtest24-drop-fns-2.so.abi",
     "output/test-read-dwarf/libtest24-drop-fns-2.so.abi",
   },
   {
     "data/test-read-dwarf/PR22015-libboost_iostreams.so",
     "",
+    SEQUENCE_TYPE_ID_STYLE,
     "data/test-read-dwarf/PR22015-libboost_iostreams.so.abi",
     "output/test-read-dwarf/PR22015-libboost_iostreams.so.abi",
   },
   {
     "data/test-read-dwarf/PR22122-libftdc.so",
     "",
+    SEQUENCE_TYPE_ID_STYLE,
     "data/test-read-dwarf/PR22122-libftdc.so.abi",
     "output/test-read-dwarf/PR22122-libftdc.so.abi",
   },
   {
     "data/test-read-dwarf/PR24378-fn-is-not-scope.o",
     "",
+    SEQUENCE_TYPE_ID_STYLE,
     "data/test-read-dwarf/PR24378-fn-is-not-scope.abi",
     "output/test-read-dwarf/PR24378-fn-is-not-scope.abi",
   },
@@ -241,6 +338,7 @@  InOutSpec in_out_specs[] =
   {
     "data/test-read-dwarf/PR25007-sdhci.ko",
     "",
+    SEQUENCE_TYPE_ID_STYLE,
     "data/test-read-dwarf/PR25007-sdhci.ko.abi",
     "output/test-read-dwarf/PR25007-sdhci.ko.abi",
   },
@@ -249,6 +347,7 @@  InOutSpec in_out_specs[] =
   {
     "data/test-read-dwarf/PR25042-libgdbm-clang-dwarf5.so.6.0.0",
     "",
+    SEQUENCE_TYPE_ID_STYLE,
     "data/test-read-dwarf/PR25042-libgdbm-clang-dwarf5.so.6.0.0.abi",
     "output/test-read-dwarf/PR25042-libgdbm-clang-dwarf5.so.6.0.0.abi",
   },
@@ -256,23 +355,26 @@  InOutSpec in_out_specs[] =
   {
     "data/test-read-dwarf/test25-bogus-binary.elf",
     "",
+    SEQUENCE_TYPE_ID_STYLE,
     "",
     "",
   },
   {
     "data/test-read-dwarf/test26-bogus-binary.elf",
     "",
+    SEQUENCE_TYPE_ID_STYLE,
     "",
     "",
   },
   {
     "data/test-read-dwarf/test27-bogus-binary.elf",
     "",
+    SEQUENCE_TYPE_ID_STYLE,
     "",
     "",
   },
   // This should be the last entry.
-  {NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL}
+  {NULL, NULL, SEQUENCE_TYPE_ID_STYLE, NULL, NULL}
 };
 
 using abigail::suppr::suppression_sptr;
@@ -377,8 +479,9 @@  struct test_task : public abigail::workers::task
 	is_ok = false;
 	return;
       }
-    const write_context_sptr write_ctxt
+    write_context_sptr write_ctxt
 	= create_write_context(corp->get_environment(), of);
+    set_type_id_style(*write_ctxt, spec.type_id_style);
     is_ok = write_corpus(*write_ctxt, corp, /*indent=*/0);
     of.close();
 
diff --git a/tools/abidw.cc b/tools/abidw.cc
index 1de48f49..2cd848df 100644
--- a/tools/abidw.cc
+++ b/tools/abidw.cc
@@ -70,7 +70,10 @@  using abigail::comparison::corpus_diff_sptr;
 using abigail::comparison::compute_diff;
 using abigail::comparison::diff_context_sptr;
 using abigail::comparison::diff_context;
+using abigail::xml_writer::SEQUENCE_TYPE_ID_STYLE;
+using abigail::xml_writer::HASH_TYPE_ID_STYLE;
 using abigail::xml_writer::create_write_context;
+using abigail::xml_writer::type_id_style_kind;
 using abigail::xml_writer::write_context_sptr;
 using abigail::xml_writer::write_corpus;
 using abigail::xml_reader::read_corpus_from_native_xml_file;
@@ -114,6 +117,7 @@  struct options
   bool			do_log;
   bool			drop_private_types;
   bool			drop_undefined_syms;
+  type_id_style_kind	type_id_style;
 
   options()
     : display_version(),
@@ -136,7 +140,8 @@  struct options
       annotate(),
       do_log(),
       drop_private_types(false),
-      drop_undefined_syms(false)
+      drop_undefined_syms(false),
+      type_id_style(SEQUENCE_TYPE_ID_STYLE)
   {}
 
   ~options()
@@ -175,6 +180,7 @@  display_usage(const string& prog_name, ostream& out)
     << "  --no-write-default-sizes  do not emit pointer size when it equals"
     " the default address size of the translation unit\n"
     << "  --no-parameter-names  do not show names of function parameters\n"
+    << "  --type-id-style (sequence|hash)  type-id style (sequence(default): type-id-number; hash: hexdigits\n"
     << "  --check-alternate-debug-info <elf-path>  check alternate debug info "
     "of <elf-path>\n"
     << "  --check-alternate-debug-info-base-name <elf-path>  check alternate "
@@ -301,6 +307,18 @@  parse_command_line(int argc, char* argv[], options& opts)
 	opts.default_sizes = false;
       else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "--no-parameter-names"))
 	opts.write_parameter_names = false;
+      else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "--type-id-style"))
+        {
+          ++i;
+          if (i >= argc)
+            return false;
+          if (!strcmp(argv[i], "sequence"))
+            opts.type_id_style = SEQUENCE_TYPE_ID_STYLE;
+          else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "hash"))
+            opts.type_id_style = HASH_TYPE_ID_STYLE;
+          else
+            return false;
+        }
       else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "--check-alternate-debug-info")
 	       || !strcmp(argv[i], "--check-alternate-debug-info-base-name"))
 	{