Structured textual output for compilation traces and compilation statistics #11837
Description
Feature request
Please include the following information:
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
We have developed a tool to compare compilation traces and statistics for different versions of Truffle language implementations. Currently, the compilation trace log and statistics are unstructured (e.g., XML, JSON). We used complex regex statements to extract the data.
Describe the solution you'd like.
Please provide an additional option to mx to export the compilation traces and statistics in a structured textual way (xml, json, ...).
Describe who do you think will benefit the most.
Truffle language developer, who wants to
- process compilation traces or compilation statistics automatically
- compare different compilation traces or statistics
Describe alternatives you've considered.
Alternatively, we can maintain a stable format for the compilation traces and statistics. This allows us to develop a tool that converts the unstructured textual output into a structured format.
Additional context.
This idea is part of the future work from the master project 2025 at the Hasso Plattner Instute Potsdam Software Architecture Group.
Participants: @Olliwehr @antonykamp
Supervisor: @marceltaeumel @JensLincke @fniephaus @timfel
Tool to compare compilation logs and statistics: https://github.com/Olliwehr/LCTLCT
Express whether you'd like to help contributing this feature
Yes