Thanks for the information. Maybe something in my setup was wrong. I'd also appreciate if the default builds would contain debug information, this would make JavaFX much more "developer friendly".
Robert Am Do., 18. Juli 2019 um 00:04 Uhr schrieb Kevin Rushforth < kevin.rushfo...@oracle.com>: > I did a quick test and the difference in size is noticeable, but not > huge -- on the order of 10% larger with the local symbols. You could > file an enhancement to have a binary available with the local symbols > (or to add them to the default build), but I don't know whether it's > generally useful enough to justify it. Maybe Johan can weigh in on this > one? > > -- Kevin > > > On 7/17/2019 1:50 PM, Tom Eugelink wrote: > > I think I saw that one of the argument for not providing debug symbols > > was size... If there is anything I would not quickly compromise on > > nowadays is size. Even my smartwatch has gigabytes of internal > > storage. If size is an issue for an application, it is usually not > > caused by including debug symbols in a jar. > > > > > > On 17-7-2019 21:01, Tom Schindl wrote: > >> Well the main problem is that if there are no local var you can not set > >> conditional break points in the code, inject syserr logging to > >> understand what is going on and what your code does to FX. > >> > >> One could provide 2 artifacts one with and one without debug symbols. > >> > >> Tom > >> > >> On 17.07.19 19:12, Kevin Rushforth wrote: > >>> Mainly size. Generally if a developer is going to debug JavaFX to point > >>> of wanting to look at local variables, it doesn't seem a stretch for > >>> them to build JavaFX. > >>> > >>> -- Kevin > >>> > >>> > >>> On 7/17/2019 9:57 AM, Tom Schindl wrote: > >>>> so what is the reason to strip them (i guess it it size) it is > >>>> extremely > >>>> painful to don't see local-variables, have parameter names, arg1,arg2, > >>>> ... . > >>>> > >>>> Tom > >>>> > >>>> On 17.07.19 17:01, Kevin Rushforth wrote: > >>>>> When you say that don't see a problem, what exactly do you mean? > >>>>> If you > >>>>> are able to see the local variables in a production build, then that > >>>>> would in fact be surprising. The production builds, including EA > >>>>> builds, > >>>>> should be being built with "-PCONF=Release" which would exclude vars. > >>>>> Someone from Gluon should confirm. > >>>>> > >>>>> -- Kevin > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> On 7/17/2019 7:56 AM, Michael Paus wrote: > >>>>>> Hi, > >>>>>> I don't see any problem of that kind with Eclipse, on MacOS, JavaFX > >>>>>> 13-ea 9 via Maven. > >>>>>> Michael > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Am 17.07.19 um 16:45 schrieb Kevin Rushforth: > >>>>>>> That should have been enough to enable local variable symbols. We > >>>>>>> have the following logic for JavaCompile tasks: > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> compile.options.debugOptions.debugLevel = IS_DEBUG_JAVA ? > >>>>>>> "source,lines,vars" : "source,lines" > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> IS_DEBUG_JAVA is true if CONF is either Debug or DebugNative. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Maybe something else is stripping out the symbols. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Has anyone else debugged JavaFX recently and tried to look at local > >>>>>>> vars? If not, I'll take a quick look later today. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> -- Kevin > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> On 7/17/2019 7:38 AM, Robert Lichtenberger wrote: > >>>>>>>> I'm trying to get to the bottom of some weird layout problems > >>>>>>>> in my > >>>>>>>> application. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> To that end I want/need to debug JavaFX classes. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> But when I step into JavaFX classes I don't see local variables or > >>>>>>>> parameter names. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> So I thought debug symbols are probably stripped from the official > >>>>>>>> builds. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> I rolled my own and tried > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> CONF = Debug > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> and > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> CONF = DebugNative > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> in gradle.properties, recompiled OpenJFX and integrated the > >>>>>>>> libraries > >>>>>>>> into a little eclipse testproject. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> But I still don't see parameter names or local variables. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Is there something else I need to do in order to see them? > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Best regards, > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Robert > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > > > >
