Issue 260828.1: Add Language Codes For Roc Programming Language
| Author: | Will Hawkins |
|---|---|
| Champion: | |
| Date submitted: | 2026-08-28 |
| Date revised: | |
| Date closed: | 2026-09-10 |
| Type: | Enhancement |
| Status: | Lang Code Assigned |
| DWARF version: | 6 |
Background
Roc is a "fast, friendly, functional [programming] language" quickly advancing toward its first numbered release. The Roc compiler currently generates DWARF info in its compiled binaries to aid debugging and the community would appreciate recognition in the DWARF standard.
Overview
The Roc community politely requests
- the assignment of a Language and Version Code for the Roc programming language for DWARF Version 6; and
- the assignment of a Language Code for the Roc programming language for DWARF Version 5.
Proposed Changes
For DWARF Version 6, we propose the following addition:
| Language | Language Code (DW_AT_language_name) |
Value | Default Lower Bound | Version Scheme |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roc | DW_LNAME_Roc |
TBD | 0 |
VVMMPP |
For DWARF Version 5, we propose the following addition:
| Language Name | Value | Default Lower Bound |
|---|---|---|
DW_LANG_Roc |
TBD | 0 |
References
Official Roc Website: roc-lang.org
2026-09-10: Assigned language codes DW_LNAME_Roc = 0x33
and DW_LANG_Roc = 0x49.
