On 10/16/09 14:27, Denis Koroskin wrote:
On Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:20:31 +0400, Ary Borenszweig
<a...@esperanto.org.ar> wrote:
Denis Koroskin wrote:
On Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:06:59 +0400, Jacob Carlborg <d...@me.com> wrote:
Here is my thoughts and what I think is needed to build a really
good IDE and maybe get some attention from the enterprise. It's
really not enough for the compiler to output some json for an IDE to
use, the whole tool chain needs to be revised.
Compiler:
* Written in D
* Supports all major platform
* 32 and 64bit support
* Doesn't have annoying bugs like forward reference errors and problem
with the linker
* Built with and IDE in mind
* Can be built as a (dynamic)library
* Can build dynamic libraries
* Supports incremental builds
* Has clearly separate components, especially the front- and back-end.
* Has a license that allows it to be built into an IDE and/or shipped
with an IDE
* Basically something like LLVM + Clang
Compiler or separate tool:
* Automatically tracks all dependencies and builds the
application/library (like DSSS)
GUI library:
* Written in D
* Supports all major platforms (mac, linux, win)
* Uses native controls (as much as possible) to draw its controls
* Supports (de)serializing controls (Glade, nib)
IDE:
* Written in D
* Be able to show syntax and semantic errors as you type
* Autocompletion
* Refactoring
* Building
* Supports incremental builds
* Basically something like Eclipse JDT
GUI builder:
* Supports (de)serializing controls (Glade, nib)
* Basically something like Interface Builder, Glade
All of the above would be the most optimal. For example, everything
don't have to be built in D but for building an IDE in D I think
that it would be easier.
I can't agree more. Everything you wrote is in my TODO list, starting
with a compiler, which already compiles most of the druntime (and
hopefully will compile it fully by the end of this week). I'll
release it to public as soon as Brad creates a project page at dsource.
Is it a port of DMD? Because I think the main problem with above is
that the front-end is not very good... I think it has a lot of evolved
code and starting from scratch might be a good idea.
Yes, it's a DMD port. Unfortunately, there is no other mature D
front-end at present. Other folks are working on D compilers (dil, dang,
...) but the progress is very slow.
Let us know when it's available
