Task Description

Create a GDB pretty-printer to print Parrot STRINGs

Steps To Complete This Task

Create a pretty-printer which will help Parrot developers use gdb to debug Parrot.
GDB pretty-printing docs

1. Create a fork of parrot.git on github.com
2. Perform all the necessary code and/or documentation changes
3. Build parrot and run it's test suite (make fulltest) to verify that things still work
4. You can also submit a smoke report with "make smoke", but that is optional.
5. Create a Github pull request (button on the upper right of your fork) to have your changes incorporated into the master repository

Requirements

1. Knowledge of GDB, C and a scripting language to write the pretty-printer.
2. Abillity to debug.

Additional Links

• New Parrot Developr Guide
• Parrot Git Workflow
• Parrot Developer Wiki
• Sending Pull Requests