Debugging compiler plug-ins

There's a couple of tricks possible, but it depends on how you're working.
Is it for 2.7 or 2.8?If 2.8, how closely do you follow trunk?Do you need the ability to set breakpoints in pre-existing compiler code?

Ability to set breakpoints in pre-e
2009/12/23 Mohamed Bana <mohamed@bana.org.uk>

Hi Folks,

is it possible to debug a compiler plug-in with Eclipse, if yes, how exactly is it done?

pfurla gave me instructions on IRC, but they didn't seem to work.
 
—Mohamed

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Kevin,

On 23/12/09 22:00, Kevin Wright wrote:

a4f6b02a0912231400l3b8ac7d8jc1c2f90cfccb2cee [at] mail [dot] gmail [dot] com" type="cite"> There's a couple of tricks possible, but it depends on how you're working.
Is it for 2.7 or 2.8?

2.8.

a4f6b02a0912231400l3b8ac7d8jc1c2f90cfccb2cee [at] mail [dot] gmail [dot] com" type="cite"> If 2.8, how closely do you follow trunk?

recent;

./scala.library_2.8.0.r20024-b20091207020224.jar
./scala.library_2.8.0.r20246-b20091219020404.jar
./scala.tools.nsc_2.8.0.r20246-b20091219020404.jar
./scala.tools.nsc_2.8.0.r20024-b20091207020224.jar

a4f6b02a0912231400l3b8ac7d8jc1c2f90cfccb2cee [at] mail [dot] gmail [dot] com" type="cite"> Do you need the ability to set breakpoints in pre-existing compiler code?

in sourcode in my Eclipse workspace.  will this be possible given that the plug-in has to ship as a Jar?

a4f6b02a0912231400l3b8ac7d8jc1c2f90cfccb2cee [at] mail [dot] gmail [dot] com" type="cite">
Ability to set breakpoints in pre-e
2009/12/23 Mohamed Bana <mohamed [at] bana [dot] org [dot] uk" rel="nofollow">mohamed@bana.org.uk>

Hi Folks,

is it possible to debug a compiler plug-in with Eclipse, if yes, how exactly is it done?

pfurla gave me instructions on IRC, but they didn't seem to work.
 
—Mohamed

Mohamed,

The latest how-to I remember (from Jan 2009) is:
http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.scala.tools/2113
Perhaps there's a more recent how-to.

Miguel
http://www.sts.tu-harburg.de/people/mi.garcia