sle2017/paper13

SLE 2017 paper:
Debugging with Domain-Specific Events via Macros

Xiangqi Li, Matthew Flatt

• 🏆 Distinguished Paper Award
• DOI: 10.1145/3136014.3136019
• T4A: Workbenches
  • The core contribution is debugging/tool support so that DSL users can debug in terms of domain-specific events.
• T1D: Composition
  • It relies on embedding DSL surface syntax via macros into a host language and mapping back during debugging.
• T4D: Interpretation
  • Domain-specific debugging depends on runtime event reporting and execution-time instrumentation.
• T5H: Usability
  • The aim is to improve the developer experience by making debugging feedback align with DSL-level concepts.

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