Peter Tanski wrote:
> I updated the Cmm Commentary page, at last. If you have time, please
> take a look and let me know whether you would like me to fill out any
> data. Although the page is very large for a wiki, there was too much
> ground to cover for me to get all the details: I wanted to
> concentrate on differences between the Cmm implementation and the C--
> specification, the implementation itself in GHC and how that works
> with the CodeGen and NCG, and generally tie things together
> properly. The page is weak on Cmm Calls and the real information on
> Primitive Operations is spread out a little. I wanted to put in a
> section on implementing new primitive operators but I have run out of
> time for the moment--the notes are waiting and I am testing a few
> things, particularly oddities of exceptions which seem to need
> individual coding since Cmm lacks flow controls like `also` and `cut
> to`. Anyway, I hope it helps.
Thanks Peter - very detailed. I took a quick skim through and clarified one
small point.
Cheers,
Simon
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