11/27/2011 01:07:50 AM:
> From: Helmut Eller
> To: mlvm-dev@openjdk.java.net
> Date: 11/27/2011 01:24 AM
> Subject: Re: Implementing a Smalltalk debugger with JSR292
> Sent by: mlvm-dev-boun...@openjdk.java.net
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> * Mark Roos [2011-11-27 06:16] writes:
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> > The a
Hi Rémi
Thanks for the comments. I like the idea of using switchPoints and have
been thinking about them both
for this and for the general purpose of method invalidation. Right now I
keep a list of all callsites and
when necessary I dump them all. I thought of replacing this with a
switchpoi
On 11/27/2011 07:16 AM, Mark Roos wrote:
One of the key parts of Smalltalk is the 'live' debugger. Unlike the
general dynamic language features which
are well supported by the additions from JSR292 the debugger requires
support which may not have been considered
as necessary to support dynamic
* Mark Roos [2011-11-27 06:16] writes:
> The approach we took has two facets, we ( mainly oscar ) coded a C++
> jvmti agent with a JNI interface which allowed us to call some JVMTI
> apis from within the jvm being debugged and we added some logic to the
> callsite to handle the stepping.
What's t
One of the key parts of Smalltalk is the 'live' debugger. Unlike the
general dynamic language features which
are well supported by the additions from JSR292 the debugger requires
support which may not have been considered
as necessary to support dynamic languages. So we were not sure we would
