On 15/02/15 19:55, Staffan Larsen wrote: > I think what Erik suggested was if there was some way the JVM could > expose data in a format that is easy to interpret by other tools > (such as the python gdb plugin, but also plugins for other > debuggers, or SA). Of course this would have to be data, not code, > so that it would be available in core files as well. I haven’t seen > the python module you have written so I don’t know how complex is > it, but we should think of ways to make such code even simpler if > possible. If we had data exposed in an easy-to-read format it would > perhaps make maintenance of these tools simpler. We have a problem > with SA today that it is way to dependent on the code in the JVM - a > small change in data structures in the JVM will break SA, something > we hare looking for solutions to.
I'm sure that's true, but let's not allow the Best to be the enemy of the Good Enough; this is a contribution that we can use today. Andrew.
