[m-rev.] for review: module to read trace counts

[Ralph Becket]

Zoltan wrote:
> On 11-Jan-2005, Peter Wang <wangp at students.cs.mu.OZ.AU> wrote:
> >This adds a module libs__trace_counts that reads in the
> >.mercury_trace_counts files produced by the compiler's trace
> >mechanism.  The format of said  files was slightly changed.
> >
> >compiler/trace_counts.m:
> >	New module.
> 
> Since the declarative debugger also needs to be able to read trace
> counts, the new module should be in the browser directory, and part of
> the  mdbcomp package. Any parts of the compiler, e.g. the trace_port
> type in  trace_params.m, that trace_counts.m depends on should also be
> made part of the mdbcomp  package.

I'm a little concerned about migrating stuff that the compiler depends
upon into the debugger directory rather than keeping it in the compiler
directory.  Can someone explain the rationale behind this approach?

Ta,
-- Ralph
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