Hi Serviceability folk,
The Subject line is from a thread on the compiler-dev list. You might
be interested to check it out here:
http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/compiler-dev/2008-April/thread.html#300
The thread concerns an interest in improving the information about
source location generated by the compiler, javac, and more
specifically, increasing the resolution of the info from line-based
coordinates to source-based coordinates. The submitter is also talking
about using side files for the info, which (if I recall correctly) I
have heard folk such as Jim discuss before now.
What would be the interest from the serviceability group about any
such work? Is it "on your radar", "sometime eventually", or "it'll
never happen"? :-)
-- Jon
P.S. Warning: the submitter has provided a patch on the compiler-dev
thread but has not yet signed the SCA.
