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| Debug symbol generation | |||
| Rust programs are tricky to debug when they don't work because they lack debugging symbols. This work has been started, but for many core Rust features the current debugging support is little to none. The goal of this project would be to support building the self-hosted compiler with full debugging symbols enabled, and fill out the suite of automated gdb tests to ensure that the debugging support does not regress in the future. The project will require making use of LLVM's [http://llvm.org/docs/SourceLevelDebugging.html source-level debugging features] and building on the debugging support that [https://github.com/mozilla/rust/blob/master/src/librustc/middle/trans/debuginfo.rs already exists in the compiler]. | |||
| Rust, LLVM experience beneficial | |||
| Josh Matthews (jdm) | |||
| Josh Matthews (jdm) | |||
| Practical experience with Rust is rare. Therefore, any student interested in this project should take some time to become familiar with Rust so that the actual project time is spent on practical work instead of learning the language. | |||
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