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no, not really. Java Class format doesn't support columns, just lines.
by xxs 8y ago
no, not really. Java Class format doesn't support columns, just lines.
- TheRealPomax 8y agoJust imagine the request read "Can we add column numbers to the stack traces? And to whatever code that relies on to add column numbers to stack traces?"
- xxs 8y agoAll the existing code and libraries have to be recompiled. Non-javac compilers have to be updated, etc. Pretty much all byte code editing tools would be obsolete as the constant pool needs change and so on. Also the generated byte code would be more verbose (worse load times) The current change is easy to implement and it'd work on code compiled for/with java 1.0.