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RE: Line numbers

To: "Feng QIAN" <fqian@sable.mcgill.ca>
Subject: RE: Line numbers
From: "Stephen Cheng" <stephen.cheng@btinternet.com>
Date: Fri, 3 May 2002 14:53:23 +0100
Cc: "Nathan Kitchen" <kitchen@et.byu.edu>, <soot-list@sable.mcgill.ca>
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I found this on Line number - you might be interested
http://domino.watson.ibm.com/syssftpr/JavaTech/Jikes.nsf/Named/4A1EA8A1CE847
BF6852565E7004441FD?OpenDocument

>
> Line number tables are optional attributes. It is useful for debugging or
> when an exception happens. Usually it comes from javac, so one line java
> source code may result several bytecodes. But after Soot transformation,
> the line number table is not accurate anymore. Currently, Soot tries to
> convert the line number table to tags attached to individual jimple
> statement, and finally reconstructs the line number table from these tags.
> It is obvious that the bytecode is not same as before the transformation.
> I do not know how useful the line number is after transformation. Perhaps
> you guys will try that.
>

References:
- RE: Line numbers
  - From: Feng QIAN <fqian@sable.mcgill.ca>

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