On Friday, 21 September 2018 at 06:34:47 UTC, Vladimir Panteleev
wrote:
The problem with putting it in the compiler is that it
invalidates many contracts (and, thus, use cases) about what
invoking the compiler can do. This means you can't bisect or
reduce (as with Dustmite) the source code reliably.
I am not able to see the difference it makes. Normally when you
bisect you build the program to test using the build system. Is
not it equivalent to what the Jai compiler would do?
What cases do you have in mind?
Reproducible builds are out too, as the produced object file is
no longer purely a function of the source code and compiler
version.
It depends on the developer not doing anything stupid in the
build instructions, be it compiler-executed or not. Doesn’t it?
