Kazu Hirata wrote:
Hi Mark,
I don't believe there is a GCC 4.3 project page to merge the work that
you folks did on CALL_EXPRs and TYPE_ARG_TYPEs. Would one of you
please create a Wiki page for that?
What would you suggest me to do for missing bits? Specifically, most
backends with the exception of x86 are broken because I haven't
converted uses of TYPE_ARG_TYPEs in those backends. The ARM port was
broken at the time of branch creation. The Java frontend uses a flag
within the TREE_LIST object that makes up TYPE_ARG_TYPEs, so it is
blocking the propsed merge. (Java maintainers are planning to fix this
in future.)
So, Sandra's CALL_EXPEs stuff may be ready for merge, but my
TYPE_ARG_TYPE stuff has a somewhat long way to go.
Yes, I agree that Sandra's stuff is closer. I would hope that with the
ECJ conversion (planned for Stage 1), the Java issue goes away. So,
that would leave you with fixing the various other back-ends, which
should be mechanical, but perhaps somewhat time-consuming. I'd also
hope that other folks would volunteer to help with some of that work,
since getting it done will make the compiler more efficient, which is
better for everyone.
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Mark Mitchell
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