On Wed Jun 20 16:23:40 2007, pmichaud wrote: > On Thu, Jun 21, 2007 at 12:08:33AM +0100, Jonathan Worthington wrote: > > Patrick R.Michaud (via RT) wrote: > > >The 'setline' opcode doesn't do what I expect it to do, which > > >is to associate runtime errors with lines in HLL source. > > > > Currently HLL debug info stuff is spec'd, but not implemented. Well, OK, > > the storage of it in bytecode is spec'd, the exact PIR syntax for it > > isn't. So there are two tasks: implement the underlying storage model > > for this and sort out some PIR syntax for it. > > > > How important/blocking is this to you? I can direct some tuits this way > > in the near future if you're needing it. > > Well, it's not too big a block for me personally. But for > many other people who are now starting to work on testing > the perl6 compiler or building the compiler itself, it's > hugely frustrating (and I can understand that). > ... > Personally, unless fixing this is very easy/straightforward I'd > _much_ prefer to see some of the pdd15 items completed first.
Now that the pdd15 items are completed, and we're getting a lot more people programming in HLLs on Parrot (NQP, perl6, more coming), it would be good to have this soon if possible. Or, if it's not likely to appear soon, then PCT should start looking into a workaround of some sort. Thanks! Pm
