gcc/jit/docs/cp/topics/locations.rst

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   Originally contributed by David Malcolm <dmalcolm@redhat.com>

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.. default-domain:: cpp

Source Locations
================

.. class:: gccjit::location

   A `gccjit::location` encapsulates a source code location, so that
   you can (optionally) associate locations in your language with
   statements in the JIT-compiled code, allowing the debugger to
   single-step through your language.

   `gccjit::location` instances are optional: you can always omit them
   from any C++ API entrypoint accepting one.

   You can construct them using :func:`gccjit::context::new_location`.

   You need to enable :c:macro:`GCC_JIT_BOOL_OPTION_DEBUGINFO` on the
   :class:`gccjit::context` for these locations to actually be usable by
   the debugger:

   .. code-block:: cpp

     ctxt.set_bool_option (GCC_JIT_BOOL_OPTION_DEBUGINFO, 1);

.. function:: gccjit::location \
              gccjit::context::new_location (const char *filename, \
                                             int line, \
                                             int column)

   Create a `gccjit::location` instance representing the given source
   location.

Faking it
---------
If you don't have source code for your internal representation, but need
to debug, you can generate a C-like representation of the functions in
your context using :func:`gccjit::context::dump_to_file()`:

.. code-block:: cpp

  ctxt.dump_to_file ("/tmp/something.c",
                     1 /* update_locations */);

This will dump C-like code to the given path.  If the `update_locations`
argument is true, this will also set up `gccjit::location` information
throughout the context, pointing at the dump file as if it were a source
file, giving you *something* you can step through in the debugger.