[Mono-list] VBNC in Mono.

[Rolf Bjarne Kvinge]

Hi,

> The solution depends on your needs. The simplest solution is to use SRE  
> that will generate debug information in the native format of the  
> runtime. (pdb on MS.NET and mdb on Mono) If mdb generation on MS.NET is  
> only needed to make vbnc bootstrap on Mono then either patching vbnc or  
> using pdb2mdb can be used because I think in this case there is no use  
> to commit that modification to SVN.
I didn't realize that once vbnc bootstraps on mono this won't be a problem  
anymore, so I agree with you here, I think the best would be to patch vbnc  
until it can bootstrap on mono.

> But if you want build in support for mdb format in vbnc even when  
> running on MS.NET a new optional feature (along with a command line  
> option to enable it) should be added to the compiler source code to  
> generate mdb files.
This would be a nice-to-have feature, but I don't think I'll spend time on  
it, there are plenty of other areas that can be improved upon first.

> BTW Rolf, is the AscW patch OK to commit or do you have any comments? (I  
> don't want to mess up the compiler.:)
I didn't have time to look at it yet, I'll tell you later!

Rolf


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