[Help-smalltalk] Re: [feature] Errors with line numbers

[Paolo Bonzini]

Issue status update for 
http://smalltalk.gnu.org/project/issue/233
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Project:      GNU Smalltalk
Version:      <none>
Component:    VM
Category:     feature requests
Priority:     normal
Assigned to:  Unassigned
Reported by:  ZuLuuuuuu
Updated by:   bonzinip
Status:       fixed

> I tested it with a few of my relatively long .st files but I cannot
say
> that it is much useful. That's even more confusing I guess because I
> couldn't solve what the line numbers represent yet :D

It's a line number relative to the beginning of the current method. 
Absolute line numbers currently are not stored in the methods, though I
guess I could special case the very first line-number bytecode to store
the first line number (instead of 1) and use that as a delta.  The
browser could ignore it instead.

> I guess absolute line numbers relative to the beginning of the file
is
> what I am seeking for, like in Python or Ruby (Tcl is also not that
> successful, I think). A line number which leads me directly to the
> erroneous line. The format is good though...