On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 3:11 PM, Alec Teal <a.t...@warwick.ac.uk> wrote: >> That is a need that g++ cannot currently satisfy. With plugins, one >> could do something along those lines, but they are heavier, and are at >> the mercy of the full compiler. Additionally, g++ has very low >> fidelity wrt the input program; it breaks down the original C++ input >> almost immediately. > > I don't quite follow, as opposed to? (Sorry if dumb question)
As opposed to an AST that is a very close representation of the original C++ program. Such that if you pretty printed that AST, you'd get something that resembles the original program very closely. Diego.