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There are two alternatives to what RethinkDB does: parsing the function's associated source file (yucky and breaky when multiple lambdas per line) or disassembl

There are two alternatives to what RethinkDB does: parsing the function's associated source file (yucky and breaky when multiple lambdas per line) or disassembling its func_code.. I've looked at this problem before (and ran away screaming every time), but the approach I tended towards was func_code disassembly, pretty much for the reasons you mention. Was this ever considered?

coffeemug 13y ago
We did look into disassembly, but decided that it's far too much work because it is not portable across languages and drivers, and would require an enormous engineering effort (both for ourselves and for community driver maintainers). From a purely theoretical POV, I do like the idea of disassembly better, but unfortunately we couldn't make this work and remain pragmatic.