1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/cleave/cleave.cc b/cleave/cleave.cc
index ee83bbf2..8d79f2ac 100644
--- a/cleave/cleave.cc
+++ b/cleave/cleave.cc
@@ -28,8 +28,10 @@
 //   #include "global_declarations_list"
 //   [function definitions]
 //
-// We'll chunk the files at boundaries where we encounter a '#line ' directive
-// between functions.
+// To preserve the original layer-based line numbers in error messages and the
+// debugger, we'll chunk the files only at boundaries where we encounter a
+// '#line ' directive (generated by the previous tangle/ stage) between
+// functions.
 //
 // One exception: the first file emitted #includes "global_definitions_list" instead
 // of "global_declarations_list"
@@ -197,14 +199,12 @@ int main(int argc, const char* argv[]) {
     exit(0);
   }
 
-  vector<string> lines;
-
   // read input
+  vector<string> lines;
   slurp(argv[1], lines);
 
-  string output_directory = argv[2];
-
   // write header until but excluding '// Global' delimiter
+  string output_directory = argv[2];
   size_t line_num = 0;
   {
     vector<string> out;