A new debugger for Linux - would it work for D?

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Walter Bright wrote:
> Frits van Bommel wrote:
>>> I thinks it would be a good idea (architecturally and ethically) that 
>>> Zero provide
>>> hooks for D-supporting plugins and shared objects. Such modules could 
>>> be open
>>> source themselves, or othewise licensed, as their respective authors 
>>> see fit. The
>>> demangler for example is already based on a factory pattern (it deals 
>>> with legacy
>>> gcc and the Itanium ABI), and delegating to a .so that implements D 
>>> demangling
>>> would not be very hard to do.
>>
>> That would work as well, of course.
> 
> It would be better for D users if support was built in, so it would work 
> out of the box with no hassle. Having the hooks for plugins, however, is 
> still a very good idea and should be done. That will help future proof 
> the debugger.

You could ship it with the plug in pre-installed.