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>> [Jay] I'm *really* interested in a C-generating backend, which will subsume this.<BR>
> [Tony How will source-level debugging work in this instance?<BR>
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#line directiives should be used.<BR>
stock gdb will have very good type information where today it has virtually none.<BR>
Besides the other debuggers like windbg/VisualStudio.<BR>
Expressions would be in C perhaps.<BR>
You could still hack on m3gdb if you really want, but it seems of reduced utility.<BR>
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Compilation would likely be slower.<BR>
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It might be a few steps backwards besides a few steps forward.<BR>
I find the lure of portability and possibly much improved exception handling (where<BR>
applicable in C, else in C++), and source distribution,<BR>
a very high benefit and worth some tradeoff.<BR>
We'd also lose the GPL, which would please some people.<BR>
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