codegen: handle exceptions of a method

[mate.git] / HACKING

diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING
index 5772b87b5e83d70ac185874578414032ad3dcb6b..c1d34d95e94e7ea5d3ab81206d590de5166f5fe0 100644 (file)
--- a/HACKING
+++ b/HACKING
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
-for a debug build, use
-$ DBGFLAGS='-DDBG_JIT -DDBG_BB' make tests/Fib.dbg
+for testing with a release build, use
+$ make tests/Fib
 
-`make clean' is needed if you change $DBGFLAGS.
-for all available flags, see `debug.h'.
+
+for testing a release build against OpenJDK output, use
+$ make tests/Fib.test
+
+
+for testing with a debug build, use edit Mate/Debug.hs and set
+`mateDEBUG = True' and build again. Output is in `mate.log'
+
+for debugging with gdb, modify Mate/MethodPool.hs and enable Debugging in
+Mate/Debug.hs, then use
+$ make tests/Fib.gdb
+and follow the instructions in the source file.