llvm dev - Aug 2008 - [LLVMdev] Exception handling tables for function generated on the fly

On Tue, 12 Aug 2008, Chris Lattner wrote:
>
> On Aug 12, 2008, at 10:55 AM, Tom Tromey wrote:
>
>>>>>>> "Tom" == Tom Quarendon <tom at
quarendon.net> writes:
>> 
>> Tom> I imagine that GCJ has do to this ind of thing?
>> 
>> FWIW, libgcj does not include a JIT compiler.
>> So, no solution there, sorry.
>
> It's OT for this list, but the LLVM JIT can generate DWARF EH
information on
> the fly.  This is used by the LLVM Java and .NET VM/runtimes: 
> http://vmkit.llvm.org/
That's cool.  Is it also possible to generate debugging information (such 
as function and local variable names) on the fly?  If so, how would the VM 
tell the debugger about this information?
> If you have questions, please follow up on the LLVMdev list:
> http://lists.cs.uiuc.edu/mailman/listinfo/llvmdev
>
> -Chris

> That's cool.  Is it also possible to generate debugging information
(such
> as function and local variable names) on the fly?  If so, how would the VM
> tell the debugger about this information?
No. Currently there's no support in LLVM to do this (unfortunately).
Nuno