Re: Feature request: method-local SourceFile attribute

I haven't looked into the implementation details of RFE 463 and right
now it isn't a priority for me. I'm too busy with house renovations
right now to work on JSwat anyway. If you care to implement the feature,
by all means do so. Send me the patches when it's ready.

n


On Fri, 2003-10-31 at 13:59, Daniel Bonniot wrote:
> Thanks for the info. I'm starting to see better what's involved in JDPA.
> 
> Correct me if I am wrong, but it seems to me that if JSwat is already 
> using Location.sourceName(), then it already supports source-level 
> debuging of other languages than Java, provided the class file contains 
> the appropriate information (I'm studying the format at the moment). If 
> JSwat does not handle strata at all, I suppose the JDI calls will return 
> the informations (source file name, line number) for the default strata. 
> Since the class file can define the default stratum, it should work well.
> 
> Did I miss something? What do you think implementing RFE 463 would 
> amount to? The only thing I could see missing is the ability for the 
> user to switch from one stratum to another (which personally I would 
> probably not need).
> 
> Daniel