--- a/graal/com.oracle.truffle.api/src/com/oracle/truffle/api/nodes/NodeUtil.java	Thu Jul 17 11:49:10 2014 +0200
+++ b/graal/com.oracle.truffle.api/src/com/oracle/truffle/api/nodes/NodeUtil.java	Thu Jul 17 11:51:35 2014 +0200
@@ -795,15 +795,7 @@
                     p.print(" = ");
                     printTree(p, (Node) value, level + 1);
                 } else if (field.getKind() == NodeFieldKind.CHILDREN) {
-                    Node[] children = (Node[]) value;
-                    p.print(" = [");
-                    sep = "";
-                    for (Node child : children) {
-                        p.print(sep);
-                        sep = ", ";
-                        printTree(p, child, level + 1);
-                    }
-                    p.print("]");
+                    printChildren(p, level, value);
                 }
             }
             printNewLine(p, level - 1);
@@ -811,6 +803,19 @@
         }
     }
 
+    private static void printChildren(PrintWriter p, int level, Object value) {
+        String sep;
+        Node[] children = (Node[]) value;
+        p.print(" = [");
+        sep = "";
+        for (Node child : children) {
+            p.print(sep);
+            sep = ", ";
+            printTree(p, child, level + 1);
+        }
+        p.print("]");
+    }
+
     private static void printNewLine(PrintWriter p, int level) {
         p.println();
         for (int i = 0; i < level; i++) {