On 29 April 2014 12:30, Martin Decky <[email protected]> wrote: > For generated code, insofar as it is used as a sort of intermediate >> representation and not for programmers to look at, coding standards are >> pretty much irrelevant. >> Coding standards are for people, generated code is for compiler to parse. >> > > I see your point. But let me add two of my points: > > a) If the code is generated, it should not be a major problem to > generate it in such a way that the compiler does not throw thousands > of warnings on it and that it is not a single module that takes > minutes to compile. I certainly don't care about the placement of > braces in generated code, but I do care about "debugability". > > b) The package of Jainja that Guillaume linked does not contain the > original Java code and the Java-to-C translator. It contains only the > generated C code, thus it is akin to a binary blob (it is an > intermediate code blob). This is perfectly fine for the coastline, > but not so fine for the mainline. > > This should be in no way a discouragement for Guillaume. It is only an > explanation why I am not jumping the gun and integrating Jainja into the > HelenOS mainline. > > >
I agree on both points. I did not inspect the tarball too closely or try to build it.
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