Re: [gobo-eiffel-develop] Introspection, persistence, debugger

[Wolfgang J. <wj...@so...>]

Eric Bezault wrote:
> Wolfgang Jansen wrote:
>> Eric Bezault wrote:
>>> For the sake of interoperability, I think that the gap to be closed
>>> in terms of introspection should be addressed by ECMA and FreeELKS
>>> first. So I would suggest that you submit your introspection library
>>> interface to FreeELKS so that all compilers supporting FreeELKS can
>>> agree to support it. Then we can safely integrate it to gec without
>>> breaking interoperability.
>>>
>> Well, that's an idea. But don't believe that standardizing consorts
>> are interested: the stuff provides an implementation of
>> introspection etc. but no new concept.
>
> Standardization does not mean finding new concepts but agreeing
> on something that everyone should follow, even if that something
> already exists.
>
> Do you want me to send a message to the FreeELKS mailing list to
> see if people involved in FreeELKS are interested in a standardized
> form of introspection and if yes, if your solution could be
> acceptable by everyone?
>
Yes, this would be very kind. But wait some time
until I implemented the stuff (or at least the core part)
in GEC. Experience of working with two compilers
will make, as I hope, things more streamlined.

-- 
Wolfgang Jansen
University of Potsdam, Germany
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