On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 2:40 PM, Richard Kenner <ken...@vlsi1.ultra.nyu.edu> wrote: >> > Some strong way of addressing the concern that this could be used to make >> > proprietary front-ends or proprietary back-ends using part of GCC! >> >> Why is this case different from the existing llvm-gcc? > > It's the question of what one means by "plug-in interface". If you > view it as no different from the existing llvm-gcc, then you're > basically saying we already HAVE a plug-in interface. So then what are > we talking about?
Obviously not about the same thing. llvm-gcc is GCC front ends with LLVM as a back end. The idea here is clang with GCC as a back end. And all the concerns you raise are already addressed by the plugin exception. You're describing a situation that is already not allowed. Ciao! Steven
