[IronPython] IP2B4 and MDbg support?

[mbarnett at uniserve.com]

Thanks Curt, I should referenced the following link:

http://forums.msdn.microsoft.com/en-US/netfxtoolsdev/thread/34b32f85-13cf-4613-
86a5-3d2464661530/

Mike Stall mentions that there may be a MDbg parser problem with dynamic 
languages and hints that there might be an updated release of MDbg that fixes 
this.  I was just following up on this...

Thanks,

Mitch


Quoting Curt Hagenlocher <curt at hagenlocher.org>:

> We're not going to do anything specific to support MDbg (or vice versa, as
> far as I know) -- but we shouldn't have to.  IronPython emits the same kind
> of line number metadata that C# emits, so any managed debugger ought to be
> able to follow right along.
> 
> On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 9:16 AM, <mbarnett at uniserve.com> wrote:
> 
> > Congratulations on the release of IP2B4!
> >
> > I have a quick question with respect to IP2 and MDbg - will MDbg be
> updated
> > to
> > work with the DLR?  I know there are a few issues using a debugger with
> > dynamic
> > languages, but not insurmountable as MDbg is a great base to work from
> > (thanks
> > to Mike Stall!)
> >
> > My point is that for folks that are implementing tooling around the DLR
> > (e.g.
> > consoles,  IDE's, and possibly new dynamic languages), having a debugger
> > would
> > seem to be desirable...
> >
> > http://softwareindustrialization.com/WebbasedDLRIDEWithMDbgDebugger.aspx
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Mitch
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