[Dwarf-discuss] Add Language Codes For Roc Programming Language

[Will Hawkins]

Mr. Coutant,

On behalf of the Roc community, thank you!

Will

On Fri, Sep 11, 2026 at 1:24 AM Cary Coutant <ccoutant@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I've posted this as Issue 260828.1, and assigned language codes DW_LNAME_Roc = 0x33 (v6) and DW_LANG_Roc = 0x49 (v5).
>
> -cary
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 28, 2026 at 7:07 PM Will Hawkins via Dwarf-discuss <dwarf-discuss@lists.dwarfstd.org> wrote:
>>
>> # Add Language Codes For Roc Programming Language
>>
>> ## Background
>>
>> Roc (https://www.roc-lang.org/) 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.[^thank]
>>
>> ## Overview
>>
>> The Roc community politely requests
>>
>> 1. the assignment of a Language and Version Code for the Roc
>> programming language for DWARF Version 6; and
>> 2. 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 (["[b]etween revisions of the Standard,
>> ..."](https://dwarfstd.org/languages.html)), we propose the following
>> addition:
>>
>> | Language Name | Value | Default Lower Bound |
>> | -- | -- | -- |
>> | `DW_LANG_Roc` | _TBD_ | `0` |
>>
>> > Note: We have intentionally omitted specifying any values in our request, following the pattern of the IETF (where assigned numbers are left as _TBD_ in drafts and later allocated during publication). However, we would be more than happy to resubmit with the values specified, if that is what this standards body prefers.
>>
>> ## Dependencies
>>
>> N/A
>>
>> ## References
>>
>> Official Roc Website: [roc-lang.org](https://www.roc-lang.org)
>>
>> Request Author: [Will Hawkins](whh8b@obs.cr)
>>
>> > This request was written in consultation with (and the support of) the Roc community. If there is anything that can be done to improve the request, please contact the author using the address above.
>>
>> [^thank]: Thank you to everyone who volunteers their time to maintain
>> the DWARF Standard.
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