[Mono-list] VBNC in Mono.

[Miguel de Icaza]

Hello,

> I think an easier solution is to generate mdb debug info using MS.NET SRE. 
> The attached Compiler.diff implements this hack.

This will work for code that we can directly modify, and in this
particular case, I think it would be great to get these patches into
vbnc, as that way we could get VBNC debugging once it bootstraps on
Mono. 

The pdb to mdb transformation tool that Robert wrote has the advantage
that we can use with proprietary compilers and for existing binaries
that ship with a pdb, but no source. 

> I've done a lot of work on SymbolWriter to make it compatible with MS.NET. I 
> think the modifications I've done eventually should go into 
> Mono.CompilerServices.SymbolWriter.dll but that needs some cleanup and 
> modifications in SRE as well.

I agree;   Could you file a bug report with this patch, so we do not
forget about it?   I know Martin -which would review this patch- is
currently busy with a few other bugs.

Miguel.